By Peta Lee. People involved in adult education activities become politically active, vote and are on the whole politically motivated, while adults aged between 50 and 71 will develop a higher level of self-confidence. They are also less at risk of adopting extremist attitudes and tend to develop more tolerant behaviour. These fascinating findings are from a recent Benefits of Lifelong Learning –
BeLL – project funded by the European Commission and carried out in 10 European countries.
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