ABSTRACT
Adult learning has become essential in this modern, changing and complex world. Non-participation in adult learning automatically disadvantages certain individuals or groups as they fall behind their peers. Most adult learners prefer to learn in groups. The learning group can often achieve more for the individual group members together than can be achieved alone. The group may provide a challenge for learners, support them while they change and learn, and provide alternative ways of thinking or functioning. Remember that learning is still an individual activity; the personal change required has to be achieved alone, however helpful the group can be. A group can inhibit change in individuals by exerting pressure on them to conform or adopt one particular role. The pace of a group may be too slow or too fast. Learning, and change, must take place outside group activities as well.
