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Download full textGillen, Marie A., Ed.; Burkholder, Avon, Ed. – 1987
These proceedings contain 14 papers and notes from 2 symposia in English and 2 papers in French. Abstracts appear at the beginning of the volume. The following papers are included: "Symposium Notes: What Is the Future of Adult Education in Canada?" (Bernard, MacNeil, Selman); "John Dewey Dialogues with an Adult Educator in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Bingman, Beth; Stein, Sondra – 2001
The Equipped for the Future (EFF) initiative asked adult learners to describe the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill their roles as parents, citizens, and workers and identified these four purposes: to provide access to information; to give voice to their ideas and opinions, to take action to solve problems, and to provide a bridge to the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Levine, S. Joseph, Ed. – 1997
This proceedings contains 29 presentations: "Meaning of Participating in Technology Training" (Cynthia S. Blodgett-McDeavitt); "Applying Actor Network Theory to Curricular Change in Medical Schools" (Karen V. Busch); "Politics of Humanism" (Mary Katherine Cooper); "Reasons for the Nonparticipation of Adults in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Kirmayer, Paul, Ed.; Michaelson, Serena T., Ed. – 1999
This fifth journal edition focuses on the didactics of adult education in Israel. Following a "Preface" (Meir Peretz) discussing the didactics of adult education, three major fields are examined: Learning for Adults; Hebrew Language and Culture for Immigrants; and Special Populations (adults with learning disabilities, senior citizens,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Andragogy
Hudson, Larry; McCloud, Rebekah; Buhler, Teresa; Cramer, Stephen; Greer, Linda; Paugh, Robert – 1998
A variety of educational practices are used to support adult learners (who are part-time learners and full-time workers as teachers or trainers) in fully World Wide Web-delivered college courses at the University of Central Florida. Use of the Web as the sole means of delivery offers some challenges for learner support, especially for adults,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Andragogy, College Programs
King, Kathleen P., Ed.; Ferro, Trenton R., Ed. – 1998
This conference provided researchers and practitioners with a forum for sharing research findings that focus on the link between research and practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The proceedings consists of 17 papers and a symposium. The agenda is provided. The three invited papers are as follows: "Imprisoned Bodies--Free…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy
Zukas, Miriam, Ed. – 1985
The focus of the conference was on the changing curriculum on continuing education, with special attention to women's education, professional education, and life experience. The following papers from the conference are included in this compilation: "Continuing Education" (Stoddart); "Women's Education and the New Technology" (Gerver); "Women in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Andragogy
Rosseel, Eddy, Ed.; Young Silva, Catherine, Ed. – 1982
Papers in English, French, and Portuguese address topics of creativity and its relationship to: native language instruction by television; conditions of language production at the moment of the emergence of creativity; comparison teaching; foreign language teachers; modern language instruction; psychological, pedagogical, and cultural…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Audiovisual Aids, Child Language, Classroom Techniques
Peer reviewedPorreca, Anthony G., Ed.; Cross, Beverly E., Ed. – The Ohio Business Teacher, 1984
This volume of the Ohio Business Teacher contains articles on teaching business education, especially in the secondary schools, although some articles also include information on teaching business-related material to elementary school children and to adults. Eight of the articles concern classroom teaching techniques for the electronic office,…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Business Skills
McLellan, James L., Ed.; Taylor, William H., Ed. – 1988
Among the 61 papers in this volume (some in French) are the following: "Problems and Pitfalls in a Naturalistic Inquiry into the Relationship between Environmental Remembrance and Life Satisfaction among the Elderly" (Barrick); "Educating the Adult Educator" (Baskett); "Socio-Psychological Factors in Electronic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
2002
This document contains three papers on transfer of training and human resources. "The Effect of Organizational Support, Management Support, and Peer Support on Transfer of Training" (Susan E. Cromwell, Judith A. Kolb) reports on a longitudinal study of work environment factors that affect transfer of training in a university supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Adult Learning, Andragogy
Ntiri, Daphne W., Ed. – 1999
This monograph deals with some issues of how adults learn and ways to enhance teaching, thereby increasing adults' learning gains. The issues are the gaps between theory and practice, participation and retention, and methods and strategies, and the perennial debate about literacy's multiple meanings and their implications. "Participation and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Lunneborg, Patricia W. – 1994
This book examines the successes of the Open University (OU), a concept now 25 years old, in overcoming obstacles to higher education faced by nontraditional students, and particularly those faced by older women. The OU has no entry qualification, requires no tests, admits all applicants on a space-available basis, and awards a Bachelor's degree.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Andragogy, Case Studies
Wentland, Dan – 2001
The Strategic Training of Employees Model (STEM) is a comprehensive training framework that balances the need for training against the constraints existing within organizations. The STEM is based on advances in economic and educational research. The following are among the theories that lay at the STEM's foundation: reinforcement theory; social…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Career Development, Cost Effectiveness
Taylor, Maurice, Ed.; Bedard, Rene, Ed. – 1993
Selected papers from an adult education conference are as follows: "Learner Involvement in Literacy Education" (Acton et al.); "Faith in People" (Ambury et al.); "Beginning to Tutor Problem-Based Learning" (Ambury); "Exploring Literacy through Theatre" (Andruske); "Developing Learning Packages for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Andragogy, Apprenticeships
