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Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development
Cervero, Ronald M.; Wilson, Arthur L. – 1994
This practical guide to the process of planning educational programs for adults explains the key challenges of planning in the real world of conflicting interests and power relations. Part 1 draws attention to the importance of program planning practice in adult education (Chapter 1) and offers a model of what adult educators actually do when…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Planning, Models
Long, Huey B., Ed.; And Others – 1973
Six approaches to community development are presented by several authors in this booklet. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to the community development concept. In chapter 2, L. J. Cary emphasizes three distinctive features of the community approach: (1) popular or broad-based participation, (2) community as an important concept, and (3) the…
Descriptors: Community, Community Development, Community Education, Community Involvement
St. Clair, Guy – 1994
As funds for supporting library and information services dwindle, librarians are beginning to recognize the value of evaluating and justifying their library in terms that the decision makers--those who control the budgets--understand. This book offers proven techniques for implementing a program that both promotes information services and dispels…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Methods, Information Services, Interprofessional Relationship
Falk, Ian, Ed.; Penson, Margaret, Ed. – 1996
This book contains eight papers reporting research projects that were conducted by adult language, literacy, and numeracy practitioners with funding provided through one-time scholarships to Tasmanian students in the field of adult language and literacy. The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Ian Falk); "Preface"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Blackburn, Donald J., Ed. – 1994
This book contains the following papers about processes and practices in extension education in Canada: "Historical Roots" (Blackburn, Flaherty); "Transitions and Directions in Extension" (Blackburn, Flaherty); "Applying Learning Theory in Extension Work" (Griffith); "Understanding and Applying Motivation…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Citizen Participation