Approximately 275 Federal programs support some form of lifelong learning. While the majority of the lifelong learning programs are administered by the various agencies within HEW, a significant number of programs are run by such Federal agencies as the Department of Justice, the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities, and the Smithsonian…

The author states that public policymakers and the nation's leadership, including business and industry, will need to throw their influence behind any effort made to promote literacy leadership at all levels by broadening the educational enterprise. (CT)

The author attempts to (1) sensitize teachers to the difficulties of teaching adults, (2) review components of the learning process, and (3) give a prospectus for an adult learning theory and supportive instructional theory and strategies that enable classroom teachers to reach every adult learner in the class. (CH)

Explores some issues of adult learning, concentrating on three areas: (1) the conditions under which adults are most likely to learn; (2) strategies that trainers can adopt to enable this to take place; and (3) implications for the training organization sponsor. (Author/JOW)

In this article, it is argued that capitalism and empiricism are dominant and implicit social paradigms that profoundly affect adult education in the United States in often deleterious ways. (CT)

Examines the Adult Independent Learning Project of the 1970s from the perspective of librarian involvement as mediator of information and instrument of the learner. The concept of literacy in the public space is discussed, with libraries defined as agents of learning rather than servants of schooling. (EM)

Examines the variety of ways in which Americans in the 1930s participated in adult education, including the Lyceum Movement, the New York Free Lecture System, and public forums (the Bryson-Studebaker version of the Lyceum). Also discusses the first "Handbook of Adult Education." (CT)

Examines proxemics, the study of people's use of distance and space arrangements, and how these can affect the adult learning environment. (SK)

In the construction of a philosophic foundation for adult education that is based on Sartre, learning is defined as a leap into nothingness and facilitation as inherently dialogical. Support is given to such adult education concepts as self-directed learning, lifelong learning, and learning projects. (SK)

The author suggests that Knowles's concept of andragogy offers a philosophical position rather than a unified theory of adult learning. She examines weaknesses of the theory and discusses it in relation to humanistic psychology and existentialism. (SK)

The purpose of this article is to present various findings on self-directed learning (SDL). The article contains three main parts: historical foundation of self-directed learning, a summary of various literature reviews on self-directed learning, and an analysis of current research on self-directed learning. SDL has been a significant factor in…

This paper presents five snapshots of data collected by adult basic math students taking part as co-researchers in a project to investigate the discourse of an adult basic math classroom. The work is presented against a background of the Freirean influence on adult literacy and numeracy. The notions of empowerment and dialogue in the Freirean…

This paper attempts to locate a leitmotif for the mathematics education of adults, and discusses whether there exists a specific problematique for research into this area. The term 'problematique' is described and discussed. A problematique within didactics of mathematics is presented, and a conceptual framework for the construction of a…

This textbook is part of a series that aims to develop all the mathematical power needed by the average person in the accurate control of his affairs. The purpose has been to teach first the most important topics of arithmetic and last those least frequently used. This book presents topics, problems, and processes that are representative of the…

The Danish folk high school, in its four to six-month residential setting combined with absolute social freedom, provides a rewarding proving ground for the comparison and testing of the qualities of life. It would be unlikely to succeed in the United States because of basic differences between the two societies. (SA)