Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy is best known in the world of adult education as a conceptualization of how and why adults learn. The following practice-based article that has applied Knowles' theories and precepts to an undergraduate program reflects on how those concepts work with people whom Knowles might well have not considered "adults."…

School leaders have the all important task of being the gatekeepers of the educational process: harnessing the development of its most important resource--the people working in schools. Training professional personnel in education is a vital function of the human resource function. It is the task of the school leader to cultivate staff that is…

Since the 1980s there has been significant growth in the engagement of higher education with workforce development, with among other things the emergence of a distinct if varied area of provision commonly referred to as work-based learning. Recent examination of practice and literature indicates a growing sophistication in the way that work-based…