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Thaxton, Louis C. – 1979
A three-day workshop was presented by the Maryland Cooperative Extension Service (MCES) of the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, to help MCES faculty work more effectively with lay community leaders and to help lay leaders improve their leadership skills. The workshops focused especially on contacting "hard to reach" audiences in MCES…
Descriptors: Community Leaders, Extension Education, Group Dynamics, Human Services
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Wisconsin Univ. System, Madison. – 1985
Presented is a report of a conference designed to explore ways of enhancing humanities education throughout Wisconsin. Five discussion groups explored humanities issues in relation to the following: the school curriculum; basic college education; careers; life-long learning; and economic development and the quality of life. The deliberations and…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, Ithaca, NY. – 1980
Issues clarification, skills and techniques, and methods and strategy in Extension public policy education were the themes of the conference. The first keynote speaker, R.J. Hildreth, justified public policy education by home economist and community resource development educators. The second keynote speaker, J.B. Wyckoff, described the function of…
Descriptors: Agriculture, Community Development, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1985
These proceedings consist of the following presentations and discussion papers: "Extension Research Needs in Evalaution" (Michael Patton); "Needed Research in Program Development" (Roger Lawrence); "The Cooperative Extension Service: A National Assessment" (Paul Warner); "National Study of Extension's Research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1981
The applications of telecommunications technology, computers, and other technologies are addressed in five papers. In an overview, Raymond J. Lewis, Jr. suggests that colleges and universities are finding that telecommunication technologies offer cost effective ways of reaching adult learners, and that open broadcast television has been the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction
Koehnen, Timothy, Ed.; Cristovao, Artur, Ed. – 1993
This proceedings report is organized into four sections dealing respectively with: (1) global issues facing extension education; (2) extension strategies and methods; (3) extension planning and evaluation; and (4) training and curriculum development. The following papers are included: "Extension Science: To Broaden the Scope" (van…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agricultural Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education
Blunt, Adrian, Ed. – 1992
The following are included in section 1: "Purposes and Methods of Sistematizacion" (Beder); "At the Crossroads" (Bingman, White); "Relationship between Literacy and Numeracy Test Scores on the 'Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities'" (Blunt); "Vaclav Havel, Postmodernism, and Modernity" (Briton,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Guy, Talmadge C., Ed.; And Others – 1994
The following papers were presented at a research preconference on the implications of Afrocentrism for adult education: "The African American Adult Education Pre-Conference: Historical Reflections" (Colin); "The Perspective 'Is' the Paradigm: The Congruence of World View and Research Methodology" (Dozier-Henry);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Afrocentrism
Nolan, Robert E., Comp.; Chelesvig, Heath, Comp. – 1997
The following are among 50 papers included: "The Politics of Planning Culturally Relevant AIDS Education for African-American Women" (Archie-Booker); "Developing White Consciousness through a Transformative Learning Process" (Barlas); "Executive Businesswomen's Learning in the Context of Organizational Culture"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
American Association for Agricultural Education. – 1999
The following are among the 47 papers included: "Academic Performance and Retention of College of Agriculture Students" (Garton, Dyer, King); "Perceptions of Recent Graduates and Employers about Undergraduate Programs in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University" (Heyboer, Suvedi);…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Adult Education, Agricultural Education