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Peer reviewedDeHart, A. Robert – Community and Junior College Journal, 1982
Identifies alienation from work, aging of the workforce, and technical obsolescence as contributors to the erosion of organizational vitality. Lists four factors that interact to influence personal vitality development. Recommends staff development programs that address adult and career development theories, increase self-understanding, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Faculty, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Climate
Krupp, Judy-Arin – 1986
A study was made to determine what developmental tasks typify life stages and how schools have used these tasks and their "teachable moments" to increase employee receptivity to staff development. Data came from a review of adult development and staff development literature, observations of innovative staff development procedures used by school…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages, Developmental Tasks
Conter, Robert V., Ed.; Porcelli, Winifred A., Ed. – 1983
These proceedings contain the texts of nine presentations delivered at a conference on removing barriers to the adult learner through marketing, management, and programing. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Faculty Perceptions of Adult Learners, Off-Campus Credit Programs, and Teaching Strategies," by Diane…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Download full textBillett, Stephen – 2002
A study conceptualized bases for learning in workplaces, examining reciprocity between how individuals are afforded access to workplace activities and guidance and how workers elect to engage in what they are offered. These reciprocal bases for thinking, acting, and learning are called "co-participation at work." The contributions that…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Employer Employee Relationship
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA. – 2002
Since its establishment in 1996, the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) has actively conducted and disseminated research to help build effective, cost- efficient adult education and literacy programs for adults who have low literacy and math skills, limited English skills, and/or no high school diploma. Funded as…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
2002
The first of three papers from this symposium on cross-cultural human resource development (HRD), "Determinants of Supply of Technical Training Opportunities for Human Capital Development in Kenya" (Moses Waithanji Ngware, Fredrick Muyia Nafukho) reports findings from interviews of technical training institute department heads in Kenya…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cherokee (Tribe), Comparative Analysis
