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Predictors of Academic Performance in an Adult Education Degree at a Business School in South Africa
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Direct linkKotzé, Martina; Massyn, Liezel – Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 2019
In South Africa under apartheid, higher education was unavailable to a large segment of the population. Many who enrol for an undergraduate degree today are thus mature students or 'adult learners' 25 years or older who are in full-time employment. Since these students learn differently from their younger peers, institutions need to know what…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Adult Education
Lawton, Pamela Harris; La Porte, Angela M. – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2013
Quality community-based art education programs for older adults over the age of 50 should exploit the broad range of interests and cognitive abilities of participants by utilizing adult education theory, brain research, and the best practices of adult art education programs. We consider a developing paradigm on the cognitive abilities of the…
Descriptors: Art Education, Transformative Learning, Lifelong Learning, Older Adults
Halx, Mark D. – Teaching in Higher Education, 2010
In this paper, I advocate for enhancing critical thinking skill development in undergraduate education by taking advantage of the increased experiential maturity of today's students. I argue that many undergraduates are in fact "adults", by virtue of their age or experiential maturity, and they should be educated as such. Undergraduates who have…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Maturity (Individuals), Adult Education
