ABSTRACT
In considering the present status of adult education the contribution of part-time adult educators, whether paid or voluntary, commands attention. In Belgium, where adult education is regarded as a part-time activity, part-timers form the largest group of workers 'they are rarely offered training or re-training courses'. In Ireland most part-time adult educators seem to have received no training; in Norway most do not associate themselves with the field, seeing their work as being marginal; while in Greece part-timers do not appear to adapt their courses to students' needs due to lack of training. In common with a number of other countries, part-time adult educators are in the majority in Finland. The involvement of universities in training adult educators inevitably differs from country to country. In some a close link with the field has been established, as in the cases of the Federal Republic of Germany and the United Kingdom.
