Descriptor
Author
| Dohmen, Gunther | 1 |
| Gorringe, Richard | 1 |
| Peterson, Richard E. | 1 |
| Peterson, Shari L. | 1 |
| Rivera, William M. | 1 |
| Wiesenberg, Faye P. | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| United States | 4 |
| Canada | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| USSR | 1 |
| United Kingdom | 1 |
| United Kingdom (England) | 1 |
| West Germany | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewedRivera, William M.; Dohmen, Gunther – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1985
Following a brief section on definitions of politics, political systems, and educational policy, the article reviews major systems for thinking specifically about adult learning: continuing, recurrent and nonformal education, and lifelong learning as related but distinct concepts, and the question of central control by national government.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Comparative Education, Continuing Education
Direct linkWiesenberg, Faye P.; Peterson, Shari L. – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2004
This comparative study explored differences in perceptions between Canadian and US post secondary faculty in the fields of adult education (AdEd) and human resource development (HRD) on program development issues in the emerging field of "workplace learning." In fall of 2001, The Adult Education and Human Resource Development Faculty…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Program Development, Organizational Development
Gorringe, Richard – Coombe Lodge Report, 1989
This report describes developments in Britain and the United States which enable people to use, in an education or training context, components of their achievements drawn directly from their prior experience. The report is divided into three sections. The first section consists of an account of the present situation in Britain concerning further…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
Peterson, Richard E. – 1980
This paper sketches major programs for adult education in Sweden, the Soviet Union, France, and England and considers several policy implications for adult education in the United States. The first section examines the reforms in Swedish public education designed to facilitate social equality, with special emphasis on the study circle. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Analysis, Continuing Education
