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; 120 години университетска педагогика. Между традицията и новите реалности : юбилейна научна конференция : септември 2008 : сборник докладиAlthough adult education reforms have been in constant progress, innovations have been implemented and material basis improved, teacher qualification has been upgraded, however, not all opportunities provided by teacher development while researching and changing their own direct activity. Therefore, this paper presents one of such opportunities by analysing action research: itš reveals peculiarities, importance and application possibilities of action research in developing teacher professional activity. Personal action research - investigation and correction, based on constant reflection, critical thinking when the outcomes of activity are evaluated - fosters an individual to perceive himself/herself in the rapidly changing world, understand various phenomena, acquire knowledge and experience and ability to cohere them, train self-confidence and self-worth. All these facets are important pursuing professional activity development. Publication Qualitative development of adult education implementing the ideas of sustained developmentconference paper; 120 години университетска педагогика. Между традицията и новите реалности : юбилейна научна конференция : септември 2008 : сборник докладиThe article analyses the orientation of adult education to sustained development. Adult education can create proper conditions for sustained development, contributing to essential changes and taking initiative in implementing new ideas and nurturing societal power to change. Adult education change tendencies are related to two factors. First orientation of adult education to sustained development, i.e. to educating abilities of people who learn troughout their lives: to solve problems creatively and critically, communicate and cooperate, manage their life and work actively, investigate and assess the obtained information critically, choose proper leraning methods efficiently, relate economic an social advancement to culture. Second, adult education should be qualitative as it determines person's ambition of lifelong learning. The performed empirical research provided the basis for the theoretical analysis which concluded that adult education has to meet learner's needs in the labour market and personal life and, what is more important, to slove important problems of modern life that are directly related to sustained development of the society.