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Download full textPennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Coll. of Education. – 1996
Includes the following among 52 papers: "Accelerated Degree Programs" (Anderson et al.); "Basic Skills in the Workplace" (Askov); "Breaking All the Rules" (Baird); "Data Mining for Factors Affecting the Implementation of Interactive, Computer-Mediated Instructional Techniques for Students at a Distance"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Rose, Amy, Comp. – 1999
Among 59 papers are the following:"Women's Transitions from Welfare to Paid Work and Education" (Andruske); "Sustaining Commitment to Social Responsibility" (Armstrong); "Investigation of How Faculty Learn to Teach at a Distance with Technology" (Armstrong); "Examined Life" (Baird); "Dynamics of Adult…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet, which was produced as a follow-up to the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, examines communication among minorities and nonminorities in adult education programs. The booklet begins with a sketch of the situation of minority group members around the world and a list of 10 ways education policy and legislation can…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet, which was produced as a follow-up to the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education, presents examples of key areas where research is currently being conducted by various public and nongovernmental agencies and recommends ways to enhance communication among researchers. The first 75% of the booklet reviews recent research on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
State Univ. of New York, Saratoga Springs. Empire State Coll. – 1999
This collection of 38 papers has as its focus adult learners, and covers a wide range of topics including: electronic peer networks; workplace training (in Australia); health professional accreditation; students with disabilities; vertically integrated courses; balancing instructional modes through journal writing and student collaboration;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education), Adult Learning
European Training Foundation, Turin (Italy). – 2000
No longer is it possible for individuals to go through their working lives using only the skills and training they acquired during their initial schooling. Instead, they need to continually acquire new skills and re-think their career goals to meet changing job requirements and economic conditions. In order to help adults learn new skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Capitalism, Career Choice, Career Development
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Coll. of Education. – 1992
A conference on research to practice in adult, continuing and community education included the following papers: "Education as a Community Intervention Strategy" (Ashcraft, Andrews); "Assessing Educational Needs of Adults: An Ohio Extension Example" (Bratkovich, Miller); "Questions and Issues Related to a Lack of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Polson, Cheryl J., Ed.; Schied, Fred M., Ed. – 1994
This conference proceedings includes the following papers: "Professors of Adult Education, Colleges of Education, and the Transformation of the Research University" (Common); "The Future of Adult Education" (Wisniewski); "Adult Education's Prospects in a Post-University World" (Smith); "Whither the University--Whither Academic Adult Education?"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Langenbach, Michael, Comp. – 1991
Papers in this volume include: "Retirement Learning" (Adair); "Effect of Literacy on Personal Income" (Blunt); "Popular Discourse Concerning Women and AIDS" (Boshier); "John Steinbeck's Learning Project" (Brockett); "Faculty Careers of Professors of Adult Education" (Caffarella); "Racism in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Rivera, William M., Ed.; Walker, Sharon M., Ed. – 1984
These 41 papers reflect the conference's focus on nonformal adult education. A major goal of the conference was to facilitate dialogue between researchers and practitioners who are concerned with lifelong learning issues. Four papers focus on aging, specifically intergenerational experiences, preretirement leisure counseling, aging of the work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Guggenheim, Eric Fries, Ed. – 2002
This document contains papers from a 2-day meeting on identification, evaluation, and recognition of nonformal learning in the European Union. The following papers are included: "Identification, Assessment, and Recognition of Non-Formal Learning: European Tendencies" (Jens Bjornavold); "Why Measure Human Capital?" (Riel…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Competence
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2000
This document reports on a 2-day symposium that brought together 180 representatives of Campus Alberta, which is a major initiative to make learning opportunities more flexible and responsive to learners' needs by focusing on such things as system coordination, course transferability, and ways to build on existing strengths and which now…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Maryland State Commission for Women, Baltimore. – 1999
The Girls to Women Initiative was undertaken by a group of Maryland professionals and volunteers to identify and help meet the needs of Maryland's girls and young women in the 21st century. The professionals and volunteers researched and held conferences examining gender-specific issues concerning health and lifestyle, family life, education, and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation
Lauterbach, Uwe, Ed.; Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 32 papers from a conference on balance and perspectives in comparative vocational education and training (VET) research in Europe. Selected papers are as follows: "On the Path to Vocational Training Research with a European Dimension" (Oliver Lubke, Klaus Schedler, Alphonse de Vadder); "The Val Duchesse Social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Continuing Education
Nesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
