Elderhostel is a summer series for older Americans featuring the freedom and informality of the European folk school with the life-style of the youth hostel. Hostelers take up to three noncredit courses a week, taught by regular faculty from the college campus. Expected growth will make the program self-sufficient. (MLW)

Adults should be involved in the community problem-solving process which is educational and therefore involves the adult educator as a process expert. Author then considers the extent of the educator's involvement. (MF)

States that the Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA/USA) is the appropriate central organizing institutional structure to provide for the development of adult and continuing education and describes a proposed AEA/USA learning center to facilitate research and arrange information referral in the field of adult and continuing education. (MF)

Provides an overview of the Australian adult educator's roles, the primary one being to foster the idea of lifelong learning for as many as possible. Discusses the concept of lifelong learning and the adult educator as organizer of programs, teacher in many different environments, and social reformer. (MF)

Differences between adult learners and youth and some ways to capitalize on those differences are discussed and suggestions are offered for what to include in model adult career education programs. (TA)

Proposes that psychological and linguistic regression are integral to the process of learning a second language. In similar essays in French and English, students appeared passive, needy and narcissistic in French, but more intellectual, rational and humorous in English. Theoretical explanations and their implications are suggested. (CHK)

Three learning concepts important for adult learners are that learning is accelerated by making connections to prior information, people learn best when actively constructing knowledge, and instruments are important in supporting knowledge retrieval and construction. The paper explains how index cards can be useful instruments in learning. (SM)

Responds to Major's (1996) and Ioup's (1996) criticism of this author's theory of language acquisition. The author agrees with both critics that abstract systems of phonology are acquired. He concludes that the proper study of language acquisition is to chart the course by which perceptual, motoric, and cognitive functions induce structure. (31…

The author reflects on her personal experience of networked learning using the approach of personal inquiry, addressing the issue of identity and presenting herself online; experience of participating in the formation of the learning group; and experience using this medium of communication. This is followed with a theoretical exploration which…

Discusses the role of the public library in adult lifelong learning and literacy programs in light of federal legislation. Topics include funding issues; the librarian's role in fostering attitudes of creation and recreation; and the role of education for librarianship in preparing graduates for work with adult lifelong learners. (Contains 49…

A sample of 1,060 adult community college students and 72 adult instructors completed educational orientation questionnaires. No significant differences between teachers and students were found in terms of orientation to the constructs of andragogy and pedagogy. Age, sex, and program type did not influence student orientation, whereas academic…

Examination of the construct validity of Guglielmino's Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale points toward dislike of learning as the cause of low scores. High scores seem to result from positive attitudes toward learning in general and not specifically self-directed learning. Further studies are needed to distinguish between readiness for…

Discusses the disparities between adult education and health professions training in terms of theoretical foundations and practice. Uses adult education as a framework for the analysis of clinical teaching in the health professions. Considers the implications of the framework in terms of theory, research, and practice. (DMM)

Maintains that education should be democratic and develop people's ability to manage their lives. Looks at examples of democratic education in Western European countries. Concentrating on adult education, critiques current educational practices and discusses the relationship between education, cultural democracy, democratization of the work place,…

Discusses the origins of the open college in England. Examines the educational principles of the open college and describes select open college models. Concludes with a general discussion of the open college as an institution for the unemployed, women, the dispossessed, and ethnic minorities. (RW)