Training Notes are a series of monographs which highlight training issues in the field of nonformal education. Based on training designs which have been devised and used by fellows of the Center for International Education in the United States and overseas. The notes discuss significant issues which the authors have encountered in their training experiences. Papers are selected for the series by virtue of their ability to focus attention on basic themes in training for nonformal education and on the basis of their estimated utility to practitioners.

The learner-centered approach reviewed in this note was developed through the sponsorship of World Education, by the author, as World Education consultant; the World Education representative in Southeast Asia; Staff members of the Indonesian Division of Community Education, Ministry of Education; and staff members of the Thai Division of Adult Education, Ministry of Education.