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Download full textSimpson, T. A. – 1994
This paper explores the ideas of six adult educators from the 1920s to determine the relevance of their thinking to modern adult educators. Three were chose from Britain: Albert Mansbridge, Basil Yeaxlee, and Richard Tawney. From the United States, three influential theorists in the area were Edward Thorndike, John Dewey, and Eduard Lindeman.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Educational Attitudes, Educational History
Peer reviewedGough, Stephen; Walker, Kim; Scott, William – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2001
Contends that environmental learning is possible only if all absolute criteria for judging educational or environmental worth are regarded as problematic. (Contains 45 references.) (DDR)
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Experiential Learning
Coggins, Chere Campbell, Ed. – 1989
Among the 59 papers are: "Comparisons in Performance of Adults and High School Seniors on the 1988 Tests of General Educational Development (GED)" (Baldwin, Whitney); "Research Writing" (Baskett, Garrison); "Popular Education in Latin America" (Beder); "Framework for the Study of Ethical Issues in Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals)
Standing Conference on Univ. Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. – 1997
This CD-ROM contains 693 papers on university teaching and research in the education of adults that were presented during the 27-year period from 1970 through 1997. The CD-ROM is designed to be used with the Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (version 3), which is included along with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
