In contemporary times the adult education field faces relevant shifts leading to the emergence of tensions and dilemmas that force its reconfiguration. Therefore, several problems rise in what adult educators' training is concerned, mainly these induced by the prevalence of certain forms of training. Searching for innovative ways of conceiving and developing adult educators training, the Unit for Adult Education of the University of Minho joined the project A Good Adult Educator in Europe (AGADE). In this paper, the authors wish to present six principles by which a disposal of adult educators training can be based on.
adult education; training disposals for adult educators