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Loewenstein, Sophie Freud – 1983
The views of a professor of social work about her sabbatical leave overseas as a point of transition in her academic career, and as an occasion for challenge and reflection in her life and work, are presented. She left to escape the pressures of duties, obligations, strictures, and expectations that surround a relatively successful academic…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Download full textNebraska Univ., Omaha. Div. of Educational and Student Services. – 1990
The project, "Learning Disabilities--Community Advocacy, Support, Employment, Education" (LD-CASE), was initiated to expand the personal/social, educational, and employment options of individuals with learning disabilities. The project is designed to provide LD adults with experiences that will increase their self-advocacy skills, establish…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults, Communication Skills
Peer reviewedNeysmith-Roy, Joan M.; Kleisinger, Carmel L. – Teaching of Psychology, 1997
Describes an undergraduate course project where students helped mentally alert senior citizens write their life stories. By assisting senior citizens to organize memories and interpret life decisions, the students experienced stages they had not yet lived through. Students evaluated the course project as a positive learning and personal growth…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Biographies, Course Content
Peer reviewedElster, Shulamith Reich – Religious Education, 1996
Reflects on the personal growth experienced at the Catholic-Jewish Colloquium by asking a series of questions. The questions reflect on such issues as pre-meeting expectations, adult learning experiences, the process of interfaith sharing, and the moving beyond communal faith boundaries. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Catholics, Conferences
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1992
This curriculum guide is designed to prepare nursing professionals to assess clients' needs and help both the doctor and clients. The guide contains seven units. Unit 1 introduces the basic concepts of growth and development that the student will need to understand as a basis for the remaining units. Each of the remaining six units discusses…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Allied Health Occupations, Behavioral Objectives, Child Development
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1990
This curriculum guide for teachers is designed for use with 11th- and 12th-grade students who have had no more than 1 year of vocational home economics. It focuses on providing young adults with the knowledge and skills they need for healthy and positive adult and family lives. It includes 27 units in 8 sections as follows: (1) personal…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Career Planning, Decision Making, Drug Use
Myer, Donna Foster, Ed. – 1983
This instructor's resource guide, one in a series of products from a project to develop an associate degree program for paraprofessional rural family health promoters, deals with teaching courses that focus on rural health. Discussed in the first section of the guide are the role of core courses in rural health promotional training and the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Allied Health Occupations Education, Anatomy
