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Peterson, David A. – 1983
A guide to help instructors and program planners understand the educational needs and characteristics of older learners is presented. Social, economic, and educational consequences of increasing longevity are identified. A brief history of education for older people is presented, and research and experience on adult and continuing education are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Inkster, Robert P., Comp. – 1987
Selected authors and titles include: "Radical Adult Education" (Armstrong); "Learning Liberation: A Comparative Analysis of Feminist Consciousness Raising and Freire's Conscientization Method" (Butterwick); "The Aging Worker's Potential and Training Practices" (Chene); "The Interaction of Teaching Style and Learning Style on Traditional and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Missouri Univ., St. Louis. Univ. Extension - East Central Region. – 1989
Thirty-one papers are included in this compilation: "Learning as a Part of Political Campaigning" (Boggs); "Life Review among Senior Citizens as Product of Drama" (Boggs, Leptak); "The Knowing/Doing Dilemma" (Bodrey, Felstehausen); "Facilitating Individuation in the Adult Learning Group" (Dirkx); "The Fourth R: Relationships in the Adult Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Continuing Education
