Over the past several decades, teachers have been increasingly challenged with a greater diversity of learning profiles within their classrooms. Historically, within Ontario, Canada, students who did not learn effectively through traditional methods were labelled and separated into alternate learning environments. Legislation and policy…

Asserting that the mission of adult education is to provide leadership in guiding adults who, because of external and/or internal needs, desire further education, this article pleads for acceptance on the part of colleges/universities of the task of preparing teachers for involvement in adult education. (JC)