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Education: Forming the Life Course
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Luhmann, Niklas – European Educational Research Journal, 2021
This article is an English translation of Niklas Luhmann's essay, "Erziehung als Formung des Lebenslaufes." Any review of what takes place nowadays in the "education system" soon reveals that no account, let alone theory, covers everything to be found there. It embraces not only schools and universities but also kindergartens…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Theories, General Education, Vocational Education
Changing Adult Behaviors: Examining the Factors of Change That Facilitate the MTSS Implementation Framework in a Small Rural School District
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Briana G. Whitaker – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This mixed methods study sought to identify the incorporation of support for implementing evidence-based instructional practices within an MTSS framework among teachers and the impact on student growth outcomes in three K-2 schools. The study also determined teacher perceptions regarding how support in adult behavior change, which is the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Small Schools, Rural Schools, School Districts
Adult Transformation--Process, Not Product. Viewpoint.
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Yonka, Patricia – Montessori Life, 1999
Examines the need for adult transformation proposed by Maria Montessori as a necessary step in seeing children's true spiritual essence and maintains that such transformation is necessary in work with adults as well. Suggests that individuals need to consider the body, mind, emotions, and spirit as interrelated, and notes that transformation is an…
Descriptors: Adults, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices, Individual Development
Adult Education and Learning Disabilities.
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Price, Lynda; Shaw, Stan – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 2000
This article applies theories of adult education, as conceptualized by Malcolm Knowles, to best practices for adults with learning disabilities in vocational and academic settings. Three examples demonstrate that learning disabilities are not just a "school-based" disorder but are a cluster of unique strengths and challenges that require on-going…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Andragogy, Case Studies
Appreciation of Humor: Implications for Educators.
Toler, Donna J. – 1978
A study was undertaken to determine which types of verbal humor are preferred by children and to discover how well adults can predict what children will perceive as humorous. Fifteen adults (education students, parents, and teachers) were asked to rate 25 jokes on a four point scale ranging from not funny at all and not very funny to kind of funny…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Childhood Interests, Curriculum Development
Educational Needs of the Adults - The Key Question of Andragogy.
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Klapan, Anita – 2001
Educational needs of an adult as an individual and a social being form the bases of every educational activity and are an important issue of every discussion about adult education. If human needs are understood as the motivation, the specific energy that turns into striving to achieve an aim, or an expression of a lack, then it follows that…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Andragogy, Developing Nations