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Bruce, Robert; And Others – Lifelong Learning, 1986
Describes a study conducted to test the extent to which the employment criteria for positions in extension, continuing, or adult education in American universities are congruent with the content of graduate programs in the field. The results revealed a discontinuity that suggests that programs are guided by marketing rather than educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Degree Requirements, Employment Qualifications
Download full textEven, Mary Jane – 1975
A review of the history of adult education (AE) graduate programs and their recent spurt of growth reveals four areas of concern (trends). First, the content of courses seems to be returning to basic, practical knowledge after an emphasis on knowledge without application. Secondly, diversity in the names of units governing AE graduate programs is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy
Cameron, Catherine; Witucke, Virginia – 1984
A study, the major product of the Task Force on Instructional Improvement, examined enrollment in, and the design of, master's degree programs in adult education throughout the country. During the study, researchers mailed a project-developed questionnaire to over 100 colleges and universities in the United States and Canada that were believed to…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum
Verner, Coolie; And Others – 1970
This literature review on the preparation of professional adult educators attempts to cover the leading areas of discussion and research as well as some of the more interesting conclusions reported. Six major preoccupations of research are outlined, followed by two chapters on adult education as a discipline and a profession, patterns of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Bibliographies, Doctoral Degrees
When "Accommodation" Is Resistance: Towards a Critical Discourse on the Politics of Adult Education.
Sissel, Peggy A. – 2001
A project explored the politics of the marginalization of adult education in three studies examining invisibility of adult undergraduates in higher education (HE) institutions. An analysis of the Chronicle of Higher Education studied the marginalized status of adult learners in HE. A study of course syllabi currently used in graduate degree…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Advocacy, Ancillary School Services
Callender, Willard D., Jr. – 1984
A project was undertaken to introduce gerontological content into the professional preparation of adult educators in the master's program in adult education offered at the University of Southern Maine. After courses in the existing curriculum of the master's program were analyzed for the appropriateness and currency of their gerontological…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
