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Wilson, W. Elbert; And Others – 1983
Career development programs can benefit from knowledge of the needs and characteristics of their participants. To investigate whether certain types of individuals seek career development assistance more often than others, 279 self-selected white collar employees of a large, federal biomedical research company completed the Myers Briggs Type…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Guidance
Brown, Duane; And Others – 1996
This book contains 12 papers examining established and newly emerging theories of career choice and development. Following prefaces to the third, second, and first editions by Duane Brown and Linda Brooks, the following papers are included: "Introduction to Theories of Career Development and Choice: Origins, Evolution, and Current Efforts" (Duane…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults
Osipow, Samuel H.; Fitzgerald, Louise F. – 1996
This book describes and assesses the major theories of career choice and related research. The following are among the topics examined: history of vocational and career psychology (historical foundations; psychoanalytic conceptions of career choice; the Ginzberg, Ginsburg, Axelrad, and Herma theory; Tiedeman's developmental theory; recent history…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Miller, Melvin E., Ed.; Cook-Greuter, Susanne R., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 11 papers on creativity, spirituality, and transcendence as paths to integrity and wisdom in the mature self. The book begins with the paper "Introduction--Creativity in Adulthood: Personal Maturity and Openness to Extraordinary Sources of Inspiration" (Susanne R. Cook-Greuter, Melvin E. Miller). The next four papers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Cranton, Patricia – 2000
This book integrates what is known about how adults learn and the principles of instructional design into a practical, yet theoretically based guide for planning instruction. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the theoretical framework of instructional design in adult education (lifelong and experiential learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
