The educator in adult education according to the theory of Andragogy, social change and transformative learning is to work towards achieving positive change by coordinating the learning procedure in a way that enables the learner to overcome certain false believes he has due to social conditioning, his working environment and the way in which he has learned. The goal of the educator is not only to transfer knowledge but also to urge the learner to search for knowledge himself. A further goal of the educator is to encourage the learner and facilitate the learning procedure. The educator's role is to guide, to encourage, to coordinate, to help in approaching the matters he suggest, he encourages the heuristic course to knowledge, he is constantly interacting with the trainees, he offers them stimulus, he creatively cooperates with the. Also, he gives the ability of free participation in solving matters by giving time, sometimes limited, for discussion, questions and doubting a response.
This paper discusses the use of new technology in education. It refers to different types of literacy namely technological, digital, mathematical, scientific and information literacy as well as to the definitions and characteristics of the use of computers in education such as CAL, CBE, CAT etc. The use of technology in the constructivist and behavioural learning approach are mentioned and the advantages and disadvantages of the use of new technology in education are given.
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