UNIVERSITY ADULT-EDUCATION IN THE POSTMODERN MOMENT - TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

This paper examines, from a perspective of postmodernity, the prospect s for university adult education in the context of the development of adult educators. It is argued that it is only through engaging with th e issues raised by postmodernity that adult educators can find the con ceptual resources to engage with the complexities and uncertainties of the contemporary conjuncture. The paper outlines what is argued to be a condition of postmodernity by examining the economic, social, and c ultural dimensions of this condition, and considers its implications f or changing understandings of knowledge and education, the place of th e university, and the tasks facing adult educators.