Capacity Building of an Effective Facilitator in Teaching and Learning: Emerging Issues in Adult Learning Environment in Nigeria.

Abstract

The Provision of relevant educational services to the increasing adult population without formal education is the concern of researchers in contemporary society. The foremost concern has hitherto been narrowed on the quality of adult learners’ facilitators towards effective teaching and learning in an emerging adult learning environment. Adult Learning environment is a variable that contributes either positively or negatively to the achievement of the goal of adult literacy education, hence the need for capacity building needs of the facilitators. This paper conceptually argues that Capacity building is one of the ways of equipping adult education facilitators with the capacities required for effective adult personnel services and job performance. Today, the adult learning environment has been undergoing major changes brought about by emerging educational concepts and technological reforms. These emerging concepts and reforms pose several new challenges to adult learning environments which include Androgogical approaches, personalized adaptive learning, and attractive learning amongst others. The methodology adopted was the Content Analysis Format. The paper however affirms that capacity building of adult learner facilitators is necessary for emerging adult learning environments. It suggested that educational– stakeholders should advocate for in-service training of facilitators to get acquainted with the new adult learning environment.