levance of self development education for society can be seen in a discussion of the benefits of a self development class designed to simply help people improve their skills in wiring letters. According to May (1995), this class helped adult learners not only with the skill of writing but also promoted transformational learning by helping them to strengthen their ability to give voice to their feelings and opinions. Moreover, it was found that the class greatly encouraged a spirit of collaboration among all participants. Such characteristics are contributive not only to class participants but to all those they communicate with following the class and thus contributive to society as a whole.
Kemp (1989) has stated that even when curricula are centered on job skills, at its heart, self development education can be characterized as a personal development process in which individuals learn to improve their abilities to act and reflect on the world and themselves. By improving such abilities, self development education is relevant to society in psychological terms, helping people not only on the job but also in terms of using their minds and their skills to live more satisfying and personally meaningful lives.
In summary then, self development education contributes greatly to society by assisting people to improve their lot in terms of both work-related and psychosocial concerns. Regarding work and work-related industry, it helps organizations and individuals to meet the challenges of a highly competitive workforce and an ever increasing technological sophistication; further, it promotes upward mobility and job security.
At the psychosocial level, self development education helps individuals to increase their cognitive functioning and spend their leisure time in more interesting and productive ways. Moreover, self developmental education has been found to promote transformational learning and to teach collaboration, providi...