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Download full textFigland, Whitney; Blackburn, Joey; Stair, Kristin; Smith, Eric – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
An ever-changing world of education has led to growing demand for teachers to remain competent educators. For school districts to enhance teacher effectiveness, professional development workshops must be tailored to the specific needs of educators. To further complicate the issue, in-service needs of teachers are ever growing and changing based on…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Agricultural Education, Teacher Attitudes, Adult Learning
Direct linkBasic Skills Agency, 2007
This module provides teachers with practical tools to improve the quality of teaching and learning activities and enable learners to achieve their objectives in literacy, language and numeracy. Unit 1 explores approaches that are particularly appropriate to adult learners, developing thinking skills and involving them in decision making and…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Staff Development
Peer reviewedMcCullough, K. Owen – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1978
Adults should be involved in the community problem-solving process which is educational and therefore involves the adult educator as a process expert. Author then considers the extent of the educator's involvement. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Citizen Participation
Jones, Elizabeth – National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2007
This book follows master educator Elizabeth (Betty) Jones as she teaches an introductory course in early childhood education. She actively engages the students, encouraging them to make decisions, ask questions, and engage in collaborative problem solving--herself modeling the behaviors that should be practiced by adults working with young…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Active Learning
Cameron, Catherine – 1985
This paper provides a brief overview of some of the current thought on teaching problem-solving and decision-making skills and presents selected exercises that have been used successfully in a graduate course in problem-solving and decision-making strategies. In addition to learning theories that are presented in order to help learners understand…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adult Learning, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Gaasholt, Marie P., Ed.; And Others – 1981
The book contains seven author contributed chapters on issues concerning inservice and staff development in special education. Major themes of the papers include the importance of participant involvement in the planning process, the importance of gaining support at the onset by district and building administrators, and the need for carefully…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Consultants
Lai, Su-Huei – 2002
A conceptual framework of the modes of problem-solving action has been developed on the basis of a simple relationship cone to assist individuals in diversified professions in inquiry and implementation of theory and practice in their professional development. The conceptual framework is referred to as the Cone-Deciphered Modes of Problem Solving…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Decision Making
Villemaire, Lorry – 1998
Designed to help adult learners realize the importance and necessity of implementing continuous quality improvement (CQI) in a rapidly changing, competitive, and modern world of work, this document presents a comprehensive explanation of CQI. The following topics are discussed in the book's introduction and seven chapters: importance of quality in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Decision Making, Education Work Relationship
PDF pending restorationOhio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Educational Services. – 1989
The Training Ohio's Parents for Success (TOPS) program aims to increase parents' involvement in the education of their children and increase the linkages between home and school. This resource guide was developed to assist school districts in the process of providing materials and trainers to all school districts in Ohio. This resource guide is…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Zacharakis-Jutz, Jeff – 1983
In traditional education, the teacher is responsible for the students' learning. The teacher lectures to the students who take notes and then regurgitate the material for examinations to earn grades and diplomas. This type of learning situation may not be appropriate in a community college, where many students are adults who bring life skills and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges
DILL, WILLIAM R.; AND OTHERS – 1965
SEVENTY YOUNG MANAGERS, FACING THE CHALLENGE OF SELF EDUCATION, WERE QUESTIONED ON THEIR AGENDAS AND STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING, AND THEIR CHANCES FOR SUCCESS IN LEARNING. EXECUTIVES FOUND DIFFICULTY IN DESCRIBING AGENDAS BECAUSE THEY LACKED TIME, OR PRACTICE, OR A SENSE OF PERSONAL IDENTITY. MAIN PRESSURES FOR SELF EDUCATION WERE TO QUALIFY FOR…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitude Change, Career Planning, Decision Making
British Columbia Dept. of Education, Victoria. Post-Secondary Dept. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist in developing and teaching a social studies course for adult basic education students. The first part identifies a rationale for the development of adult social studies programs, general goals for such programs, and specific competencies designed to help students achieve program goals. The section on course design…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Civics
Brown, Duane; And Others – 1996
This book contains 12 papers examining established and newly emerging theories of career choice and development. Following prefaces to the third, second, and first editions by Duane Brown and Linda Brooks, the following papers are included: "Introduction to Theories of Career Development and Choice: Origins, Evolution, and Current Efforts" (Duane…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults
Carmo, Mafalda, Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Conference on Education and New Developments 2015-END 2015, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 27 to 29 of June. Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Carman, Priscilla; Van Horn, Barbara; Hamilton, KayLynn; Williams, Mary Kay – 2002
This guide contains activities and resources to help adult learners develop the work-based foundation skills and knowledge areas included on the Foundation Skills Framework wheel (Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy 2000). Its four sections (basic employability skills, basic workplace knowledge, basic workplace skills, and lifelong learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
