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Lenton, Sheila – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1978
Findings from research on adult learning abilities and patterns are summarized, with examples of their application to the operation of the Manitoba (Canada) New Careers training program. The author stresses that adult education materials and experiences must be relevant to the real life concerns, backgrounds, and environment of the adult. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Continuing Education Centers
Download full textNesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
