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Kuipers, Judith L. – Illinois Teacher of Home Economics, 1982
Current conditions of rapid social and technological change require adjustments on the part of individuals. Home economists, having developed practical solutions to human problems and having focused on human development and values, are in a position to work as change agents in the process of productivity improvement and social adjustment. (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Development, Education Work Relationship, Home Economics, Individual Development
Holt, Margaret E. – Continuum, 1985
A quadrivium for continuing education is proposed that includes continuing education for the improvement and productive use of the biophysical environment, the strengthening of social institutions, an effective economy, and professional and occupational development. A proposed trivium includes individual assessment and development, improvement of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Citizen Participation, Continuing Education, Economic Development
Download full textKeating, D.; Mustard, J. Fraser – 1993
Social and economic influences significantly affect the development of competence, health, and well-being in modern society. During periods of profound social and economic change, such as the present, some sectors of society are often at very high risk of encountering a decline of social support and hence inadequate nurturance of developmental…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Capitalism, Competence, Coping
Tsipko, Aleksandr Sergeevich – Soviet Education, 1990
Considers perestroika's implications for Soviet recognition of sources of human motivation. Critically examines how the collectivist ideology endemic to twentieth-century Russian history failed to consider human nature. Attributes Soviet economic problems to a disregard of the need for individual autonomy and dignity. Calls for a reconsideration…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Communism, Economic Development, European History
Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2005
To mark New England Board of Higher Education's (NEBHE) 50th anniversary year, "Connection" invited a small group of visionary commentators to submit short "statements" on the future of New England's economic and civic development, tomorrow's technologies and the changing shape of higher education. This article includes the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Demography, Futures (of Society), Economic Development
Worthington, Robert M. – 1981
Since 1971 dramatic changes have occurred in the field of adult education, especially in competency-based adult education and life skills/adult performance level curricula. In the 1080's, adult education will have reduced federal aid. Other changes may include a return of operational authority to the states and localities, a redefinition of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Continuing Education, Economic Development
