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Massachusetts Univ., Amherst. Center for International Education. – 1972
This document describes activities in the field of nonformal education as an aid to educators as they develop programs to meet individual student needs. Advantages of nonformal education include that it is need-oriented, less expensive than formal systems, flexible, involves peer teaching, and does not encourage elitist feelings among students.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Resources, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Raiskums, Bernadine W. – 2001
This document, which is designed to help individuals entering adult education graduate programs in North America, contains definitions of nearly 538 contemporary adult education-related terms and practitioners. The terms included were selected based on a review of more than half of the 139 papers published in the proceedings of the 41st Annual…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Knight, Anne, Comp.; Nestor, Marianne, Comp. – 2000
This document is a glossary of more than 750 terms, abbreviations, and acronyms that are likely to be found in recent Australian vocational education and training (VET) research and policy documents. The glossary also includes selected commonly found international terms. In those cases where a term has a broader general meaning, the definition…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Advisory Committees, Credentials, Definitions
Download full textFederighi, Paolo, Ed. – 1999
This document presents detailed "definitions" of more than 150 key terms covering the lexicon currently being used in the field of adult learning in 20 European countries. The document begins with an introduction that discusses the glossary's theoretical and historical references and includes 14 references and a 16-item bibliography. The…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
