The monograph deals with adult education in Slovenia by individual periods from the second half 8th to the 21st century. The research is a historical analysis. The purpose of qualitative research is to show how mass and institutional education of adults developed in individual periods, what was the influence of society on adult education and on the development of andragogic ideas and andragogy. The most important institutions, their purpose, mass education of adults, some individuals with andragogic ideas and efforts to develop andragogy are presented. We found that the development of adult education was different over time, depending on the development of society, economy, and politics. The beginnings of mass adult religious, cultural and national education date back to the second half of the 8th century until the second half of the 18th century. Andragogic ideas can be seen at the end of the 18th century and in the 19th century. The origin of the theory of adult education was in the beginning of the 20th century. In the second half of the 20th century, a new scientific discipline - andragogy - developed from social needs, for new knowledge, experts and from research into the practice of adult education. The first study of andragogy was in 1973 at the Department of Pedagogy at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana.
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