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Willis, Sherry L., Ed.; Dubin, Samuel S., Ed. – 1990
In response to the issues of global competition, the aging workforce, and the rapid rate of technological innovation and how today's professionals must meet these challenges, an examination is made of the key developmental approaches to maintaining and enhancing the knowledge and skills of midcareer and senior-level professionals. Twenty-one…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Competence, Competency Based Education, Evaluation Criteria
Cohen, Norman H. – 1995
This book is designed to provide pragmatic guidance to those who assume responsibility for the mentor role so that they can function as more significant influences in their mentoring relationships with adult learners (as students or employees). Intended audiences include the following: two- and four-year college faculty, counselors,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Reiman, Alan J.; Thies-Sprinthall, Lois – 1998
The fields of instructional supervision, adult development, teacher education and mentoring, and ongoing professional development are synthesized in this text. Examples and case studies are drawn from local systems in North Carolina as well as state, national, and international public school/university consortia to identify emerging trends in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Biographies, Cognitive Development, Documentation
Download full textGarner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2002
This volume of newsletters focuses on connecting research and practice in adult literacy programs. Issue A of August 2001 includes: "Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults" (Ashley Hager); "Beginning ESOL Learners' Advice to Their Teachers" (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); "The Neurobiology of Reading and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Educators
