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Kirstein, Kurt D., Ed.; Schieber, Craig E., Ed.; Flores, Kelly A., Ed.; Olswang, Steven G., Ed. – Online Submission, 2013
In the rapidly changing world of higher education, innovative approaches to teaching adults are needed to drive instructional practices for helping to prepare the professionals of the future. The papers collected in "Innovations in Teaching Adults" were originally presented at a conference at City University of Seattle. The authors of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Innovation, Adult Students, Adult Learning
Munce, John W. – 1982
A skills model and clustering system are presented, based on the assumptions that the tasks of all work, including scholarship, require many similar skills that can be identified and clustered. Six levels of competency are addressed: possession, combination, application, quantity, quality, and mastery. These skills can be clustered into adaptive…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cluster Grouping, College Students, Competence
Rawlings, Lyngrid S.; Davison, Jean B. – 1980
The External High School Diploma (EHSD) Program is a specially developed program to grant credits to urban adults for skills developed through life experiences. This District of Columbia program is designed to grant credit for life experiences and career-related skills by documenting the levels of knowledge and skills adults have attained by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competence, Demonstration Programs, Equivalency Tests
Wolfe, Douglas E; Byrne, Eugene T. – New Directions for Experiential Learning, 1980
An experimental MBA at Southern Methodist University is described in which the primary learning experience for students involves live projects with business organizations in the local community. A summary of results from research conducted on this program is presented, showing the comparative effectiveness of this program with a traditional one.…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Experiential Learning