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Coggins, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1988
The following 26 papers are presented in this document: "The Relationship between the Adult's Cognitive Style and Achieving Style to Preference for Self-Directed Learning" (Bitterman); "Developing a Mentoring Program for Persons in Independent Work Sites" (De Vries); "Reflection and the Problem of Self-Deception in Adult Learning" (Dirkx); "A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Child Abuse, Cognitive Style
Download full textEnochs, Larry G. – 1985
To meet the need for improved science instruction in rural schools, a project to identify, honor, and provide training for outstanding rural science teachers in grades 6-9 was designed cooperatively by the National Science Foundation, Kansas State University, Kansas Cosmosphere and Discovery Center, and rural school districts. In order to create a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Needs, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Hackler, George, Ed. – The New Campus, 1981
Eleven articles on professional continuing education are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Teacher Perceptions of Roles of University Instructors" (Alvin M. Kilgore, L. James Walter, Charles Moore); "Non-Traditional Education and Institutional Reform" (Willis D. Moreland); "Basic Bifurcation in Adult Education…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Students, Boards of Education, Course Evaluation
Grabowski, Stanley M.; And Others – 1981
Model programs are described for two areas of adult education--the preparation of adult educators and the training conducted by adult educators. In Chapter One, Phyllis Caldwell reviews the literature concerning the preservice training of adult educators, concentrating on the competencies of adult education administrators and teachers. In Chapter…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Full Time Faculty, Higher Education, Human Resources
Schweer, Jean E., Ed.; Puetz, Belinda E., Ed. – 1981
A project involved development of a statewide generalized curriculum framework for continuing education in nursing by using an anticipatory approach to the selection of a coordinated, schematic arrangement of sequential course offerings by university-based centers for continuing education in nursing in Indiana. Following preliminary meetings of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Coordination, Curriculum Design
Platte Technical Community Coll., Columbus, NE. – 1980
The result of a project to develop short courses to help health care administrators and supervisors in developing practical, up-to-date management skills, this instructional workbook provides information and exercises applicable to on-the-job situations. Unit I covers the following leadership considerations: self-awareness, time management,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrators, Allied Health Occupations, Change Strategies
Nelsen, William C., Ed.; Siegel, Michael E., Ed. – 1980
Essays are collected on faculty development programs that are felt to have positively affected both the institutions and individual faculty members. They include: Faculty Development: Promises, Realities and Needs (William C. Nelsen, Michael E. Siegel); Improving the Scholarly Climate on Campus through a Program of Small Grants (David Marker);…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Faculty, Consortia, Consultants
DUBIN, SAMUEL S.; AND OTHERS – 1968
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING STUDIES, CONTINUING EDUCATION, THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, (A) TO DETERMINE THE PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION NEEDS OF MANAGERS IN MUNICIPALITIES AND SUPERVISORS IN CITIES IN PENNSYLVANIA, (B) TO SUGGEST METHODS OF MEETING THESE NEEDS, AND (C) TO INDICATE THE ROLE OF COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Education, City Government, Correspondence Study
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1967
AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTAINS 21 INDEXED ENTRIES, MOSTLY WITH ABSTRACTS, ON SUCH ASPECTS OF PROFESSIONAL CONTINUING EDUCATION AS MEDICINE, LAW, MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT, THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND PASTORAL COUNSELING, VOCATIONAL COUNSELING, SOCIAL WORK, AND EXTENSION WORK, TOGETHER WITH PARTICIPATION, MOTIVATION, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, EDUCATIONAL…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Opportunities, Counseling, Educational Needs
Kreitlow, Burton W.; And Others – 1981
Controversies over adult education purposes, methods, audiences, and procedures are examined. After outlining a procedure for reviewing competing positions on controversial topics, the book pairs the contrasting views of two authors on each of 10 key issues facing adult education. Chapters cover: philosophies at issue (David L. Boggs); identifying…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
PDF pending restorationWestern Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1980
A regional plan for optometric education in the western United States is summarized. Central to the plan is the development of cooperative programs among the region's three schools, the Pacific University College of Optometry, Southern California College of Optometry, and the University of California School of Optometry at Berkeley. A plan for the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Advisory Committees, Budgets, Clinical Experience
Medick, Glenn A., Ed. – 1980
These proceedings contain twenty-one presentations made at the Second Annual Conference of the Council on the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). The opening speeches--Introduction to the CEU and Future Directions for a Learning Society--are followed by the panel discussion presentation, The CEU: Can It Withstand Scrutiny?, and two respondent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business, College Programs
Nyre, Glenn F.; Reilly, Kathryn C. – 1979
Major historical and recent developmental stages of professional education are reviewed and the outlook for the 1980's is discussed. Topics include: the admissions outlook and the professional school experience; curricular development; faculty training, evaluation, and rewards; labor market prospects after professional school; continuing education…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria, Bibliographies, College Admission
McIntyre, Chuck – 1980
In response to the need for the continual development of those directly involved in the instruction of community college students, a Center for the Improvement of Instruction has been proposed that would be utilized by the staff of all 106 California community colleges. The objectives, programs, organization, and funding of this proposed center…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, College Faculty, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
Sherman, Lawrence W.; And Others – 1978
The findings of a two-year national study on the problems of U.S. police education are examined in this report of a commission whose members were noted educators, police administrators, and public officials. The following recommendations are among those offered: (1) the majority of federal funds for police higher education should go to programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Career Education, College Credits, College Faculty
