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Direct linkLawton, Pamela Harris; La Porte, Angela M. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2013
Quality community-based art education programs for older adults over the age of 50 should exploit the broad range of interests and cognitive abilities of participants by utilizing adult education theory, brain research, and the best practices of adult art education programs. We consider a developing paradigm on the cognitive abilities of the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Transformative Learning, Lifelong Learning, Older Adults
Download full textYep, Kathleen S. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
Interactions between universities and surrounding communities have the potential to create empowering education through community engagement. Innovative "town/gown" relationships such as multigenerational learning communities with immigrant communities may foster positive student learning outcomes while at the same time strengthen local…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Immigrants, Adult Education, Community Education
Peer reviewedHeifetz, Jeanne; Seppanen, Patricia – Community Education Journal, 1989
Community-based family support and educational programs provide services to families during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood that are intended to improve family conditions, parental competence and behavior, and maternal and child health and development. Networks of social service agencies emphasize prevention and maintenance in reaching and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Development, Community Education, Elementary Secondary Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
A review of past trends in adult literacy in developing countries shows that the following factors have been crucial to achieving large-scale literacy results: the state as the prime mover; political will or national commitment; a favorable development context; continuous mobilization activities; a broad conception of literacy; broad collaborative…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Education, Delivery Systems
Barrineau, Irene T., Ed. – 2001
These proceedings presents addresses, 60 concurrent sessions, and business meetings from a conference that evolved from a vision of people coming together--like a town meeting--to start building "communities of interest and practice." Part 1 includes the presidential-elect address on his theme for the next conference, "Pathways to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Instruction
Abbott, John; Ryan, Terry – 2000
This document cites theoretical works and actual cases to examine the notion of community as the web of learning. The first half of the document explores the different perspectives about the concept of community and traces the evolved nature of community through an overview of how humans have banded together to form communities from the early days…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Community Action
Orem, Richard A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 41 papers and 11 poster session presentations from a conference on research-to-practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The following are among the papers included: "Learning in a Multicultural Environment" (Mansur Abdullah, Cory Eisenberg, Willard C. Hall Jr., Pauline Valvo); "How to Engage in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1997
The 12 programs selected as 1996 winners of the Secretary's Awards for Outstanding Adult Education and Literacy Programs illustrate a diverse range of promising practices for the 21st century. Winners were selected based on the presence of 10 elements, including the following: effective and potentially replicable practices; measurable objectives…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
