On the Application of Synergetics in Adult Education

Synergetics was constructed by H.Haken,a well-known physical scientist,in 1970's when he initiated a research program on laser.Synergetics uses tools from theoretical physics and mathematics to construct a unifying framework within which quantitative descriptions of complex,self-organizing systems can be made.By analyzing the process of adult teaching and comparing the requirements of modern education with synergetics,the paper stated that synergetics can be applied as philosophy or methodology in adult education and training,to be more exactly,in assisting students to form their own self-organizing systems for their life-long learning.