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California State Univ. and Colleges, Long Beach. Office of the Chancellor. – 1989
This planning guide and collection of resources is designed to help higher education faculty become more aware of current research and thinking on adult learning and to participate actively in institutional changes that make campuses, particularly in the California State University system, better able to meet the needs of adult students. Each of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education
Dilworth, Robert L.; Willis, Verna J. – 2003
This book provides information and strategies on how adult educators can integrate action learning concepts in their teaching practice. The book defines action learning as going beyond the traditional idea of "learn by doing" and applies it to various organizational cultures and educational contexts. Chapter 1 introduces the origins of action…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Adult Development, Adult Education
Poonwassie, Deo H., Ed.; Poonwassie, Anne, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 20 papers on the fundamentals of adult education and foundations, practices, and issues for lifelong learning. The following papers are included: "The Metamorphoses of Andragogy" (James A. Draper); "Stages in the Development of Canadian Adult Education" (Gordon Selman); "Philosophical…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning