摘要：The text deals with adult civic education in the non-formal education sector in the Czech Republic. The authors first point out the relation between civic education and lifelong learning and, above all,relying on international and national strategic documents,present adult civic education as one of the tools for implementing the idea of active citizenship. Having done this,they present those data from the representative questionnaire survey “Adult education in various stages of the life cycle: priorities,opportunities and possibilities of development” that concern participation of adults in civic education activities,the existing offer in this domain,and characteristics of adult education participants,which they compare against some characteristics of other respondents included in the survey. It turns out that participation of adults in civic education activities in the Czech Republic is very meagre and the existing offer is sometimes hard to specify and not always directed at active citi-zenship. Adult participants in civic education show some specific characteristics contrasting them with people who do not participate in these activities. The specifics are interpreted in the context of participants’ professional involvement,values and attitudes and their willingness to learn and increase their awareness. No correlation between participation in adult civic education and civic involvement has however been found.
