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Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2004
"The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4" is an addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Sexual Orientation, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
Boud, David, Ed.; Garrick, John, Ed. – 1999
This book contains 14 articles on learning and work that focus on the following: (1) expectations about learning at work into the next century; (2) learning theories, practice, and performance implications; (3) the relationship between workplace learning and other forms of life-long education; (4) international developments in competency-based…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
Faddis, Constance; And Others – 1980
Intended for use by policymakers, program designers, researchers, and others concerned about education and employment outcomes, this collection of papers explores policy-relevant implications of occupational adaptability for the worlds of school and work. The first paper provides an overview of the concepts of change, adaptation, and the American…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Adults, Articulation (Education)
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on increasing participation in learning that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Factors Influencing Employee Participation in Training: An Empirical Investigation" (Reid A. Bates) reports on a mediated model of employee participation in training…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Learning
2001
This document contains three papers on informal learning and human resource development. "Workplace Learning Reviewed: Confronting the Rhetoric with Empirical Research" (Rob F. Poell, Ferd J. Van der Krogt) discusses the considerable discrepancy between theory on workplace learning and actual workplace learning-related developments in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Behavior, Adult Learning, Case Studies
2000
This document contains 18 papers from the partnership for vocational education and training (VET) section of an international conference on VET for lifelong learning in the information era. The following are papers are included: "School, TAFE (Technical and Further Education), and University Links, in Pursuit of a Seamless Pathway"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education)