Andragogical Reflections on Teachers' Lifelong Education and Learning

The study analyzes the possibilities of using the andragogical theory of adult education with respect to the teaching profession. It compares the characteristics of "learning organisation" with the relatively conservative surroundings of school and classroom. It points out the differences between the learning of adults and the learning of teachers caused by the specific conditions of the teaching profession, specifically due to teachers' isolation from colleagues, the shortage of formative feedback, the non-existence of team work and low self-confidence. It offers new ideas for the application of andragogy in the system, methods and forms of continuing adult education.