This book is intended to address the need for information and understanding about adult women's learning and education. It gathers knowledge about women and their learning and places women's learning experiences in the contexts of where women live. The book also promotes an understanding of women's diversity and makes recommendations for future…

The desire to learn among adults in Pakistan is there, but it needs to be stimulated. How this can be achieved is the subject of this article. (Author)

Huntsville, Alabama, is known chiefly in connection with rocketry, but many local citizens think first of its work in adult education. (Editor)

Discusses the methodology of designing curricula and transferring knowledge skills, and aptitudes to adult workers.'' (Author)

Describes Rural Family Development (RFD), a demonstration project which takes adult education into the home by way of weekly TV shows, specially prepared instructional bulletins, and person-to-person contact with trained home visitors. (ML)

The creative workshop is facilitating change in our present educational approach through the reeducation of adults who work with children. The program actively engages adults in adapting to and exploring our dynamic environment in the hope that children taught by these adults will learn to challenge facts and their relevance rather than passively…

Assesses the various factors which serve to aid or impede adult education as seen from the research findings of past decades. (AN)

Tests reported here provide support for the hypothesis that word frequency rather than regularity of spelling is the decisive factor in the ability of both native and non-native English speakers to spell certain items correctly. (FWB)

Reviews the findings of Alsanian and Brickell's study of adults' returning to formal education and the causes of adult learning. Shows that career events, followed by changes in leisure-time activity, outnumber all other reasons for returning to school. Discusses the implications of increasing life transitions for community colleges, especially…

Describes current and potential uses of computers in adult guidance and counseling. Topics include career development theory as it applies to adult learners, the computer as a delivery system, content of the DISCOVER College/Adult system, and a discussion of how the DISCOVER system works. (CT)

Community-dwelling older adults (N=364) described their own sex roles using the Bem Sex Role Inventory and were tested with additional measures of mental and physical health and current life situation. Most elderly persons described androgynous roles. Perceived sex roles related to several dimensions of life situation and well-being. (Author)

Three terms are defined: lifelong learning, lifelong training, and lifelong education. Lifelong learning is discussed, including: adult learning, a "serious business"; adapting programs to meet the needs of adults; expertise of private colleges with liberal arts traditions; community colleges; trustees' role; constraints; and state, regional, and…

A review is presented of major theories on the characteristics of adult cognition. The roles of social and cultural backgrounds, education, mental ability, and experience as they pertain to cognition are discussed. (JD)

Discusses philosophical and theoretical aims of preretirement education and outlines steps in a comprehensive approach to curriculum development and course design for this form of recurrent education. (SK)

Recent Congressional action on reauthorization of the Higher Education Act takes important steps toward equalizing postsecondary educational opportunities for adults. Provisions of the 1980 Education Amendments include more equitable treatment in financial aid programs, new emphasis on continuing education, and new studies of adult learning. (SK)