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Direct linkNayrie Smith – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Adult learners are returning to school to acquire and enhance workplace essential skills needed to meet changing job market expectations. Adequately preparing adult learners for the workforce necessitates understanding their views and experiences. The problem explored in this study was the lack of research regarding business school stakeholders'…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Job Skills, Adult Learning, Labor Force Development
Peer reviewedDe Vore, Jack B.; Cambiano, Renee L.; Denny , George S. – Academic Exchange Quarterly, 2000
Discusses a study done using the Productivity Environmental Survey that reviews the learning style preferences of adults in a university setting. Twenty learning styles with three predictors were used. It was found that three styles (structure, evening, and afternoon preferences) were most effective. (Contains 20 references.) (MZ)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Community Colleges, Educational Environment, Learning Activities
Download full textGreenhouse, Michael – 1989
A prerequisite for learning is admitting simply that one "does not know." In order to discover and truly "know," one must have an open mind, suspend all preconceptions and assumptions, and be able to tolerate the ambiguity experienced when the line between formal subject matter and those assumptions begins to blur. Many community college students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty
