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Belanger, Paul, Ed.; Valdivielso, Sofia, Ed. – 1997
This book contains nine papers in which data from the Adult Education Participation Survey (a part of the International Adult Literacy Survey) are used to identify and compare trends in organized learning in seven countries. The following papers are included: "Introduction: Who Participates in Organized Adult Learning?" (Paul Belanger,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Data Collection
Hopper, Earl; Osborn, Marilyn – 1975
The monograph examines British full-time adult students in the context of education and stratification systems of industrial society. It attempts to test propositions concerned with how a system of educational selection regulated the ambitions of the post-war generation, and how it inadvertently created widespread feelings of discontent. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Davies, Pat, Ed. – 1995
This book presents international perspectives on access and participation of adults in higher education in selected European countries. The book begins with an introduction by Pat Davies and includes papers detailing and providing examples of practices and policies of higher educational institutions regarding adult students in the following…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, College Admission
Download full textPratt, John – 1997
This history of the "polytechnic experiment" covers the period from the establishment of a binary British higher education policy in the mid-1960s to the passage in 1992 of the Further and Higher Education Act, which abolished the binary policy and the polytechnic sector, thus enabling the polytechnics in England and Wales to acquire the…
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Students, College Faculty, College Students
Stromquist, Nelly P. – 1997
This book presents a case study of the MOVA (Movimento de Alfabetizacao de Jovens e Adultos) literacy program in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1989-1993. It examines the meaning and uses of literacy at the micro- and macro-levels, the interplay between both levels, and forces influencing educational policy formation and outcome. The foreword provides…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Cranton, Patricia – 2000
This book integrates what is known about how adults learn and the principles of instructional design into a practical, yet theoretically based guide for planning instruction. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the theoretical framework of instructional design in adult education (lifelong and experiential learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Ngok, Lee; Lam, Agnes – 1994
This book, which is based on several first-hand studies, provides an overview of professional and continuing education in Hong Kong and examines selected issues in the field. The following chapters are included: "Preface" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "Introduction" (Lee Ngok, Agnes Lam); "The Role of Government in Human Resource…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Consortia
