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Harvey, Rhonda L.; Jahns, Irwin R. – Educational Gerontology, 1988
Asserts that older adults can profit from teaching techniques that address their unique abilities and needs, and that the learning performance of older adults can be improved by helping them to organize better the material to be learned. Presents practical suggestions on how advance organizers can be used to facilitate learning among older adults.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Advance Organizers, Learning Strategies, Lifelong Learning
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1998
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on adult learners conducted to identify barriers that prevent certain groups of adults from participating in lifelong learning opportunities and to deepen understanding of practices and institutional arrangements that better enable such adults to learn. Following a summary of the workshops of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning