With the implementation of an
international comparative analysis on different
selected educational programmes for adults, this
chapter focuses on the methods and methodology
of teaching adults. The analysis is based on the
experience of seven successful adult educational
programmes from Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Greece,
Hungary, Slovakia and the United Kingdom. Results
of the comparative study based on the Kolb Learning
Style Inventory describe different learning methods.
Differences between methods of teaching adults
and younger students and the influence of social
environment on different methods of teaching adults
are analysed. The chapter describes the factors
that have to be taken into consideration when planning
adult educational programmes as well as the influence
of settings and methodologies for an individual
programme. We also show why it is important to
know one's learning style and how one can promote
problem solving with the learning cycle. Relations
between the learning style, methodology used and
the learning environment are analysed.