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Johnson, Charlotte F. – 1981
Problems and needs specific to learning disabled (LD) adults are examined, and considerations for planning events for LD adults are discussed. Four questions are addressed: Does the event really meet their needs? How can one attract their attention and get them there? What kind of structure should one provide in an event? and How can one meet…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Individual Needs, Learning Activities
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Boggs, David L. – Journal of Extension, 1976
The more adult educators understand about motivation and the forces that affect it, the better their chances of helping adults attain learning objectives. Program planning partly involves applying leverage or extrinsic pressure on the forces for growth and safety inherent in every learning situation to bring about learning and change. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Individual Needs, Learning Motivation
Trollan, Constance – 1982
The goal for the adult educator in modern society is to help individuals gain the competencies to function adequately with perpetual change. Adult education should plan and implement stress management programs as an educational activity that is a basis upon which people can learn to adapt to societal stress and rapid social evolution. The health…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Change, Coping
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Green, Reginald Herbold – Convergence, 1976
This paper argues for an integrated approach to adult education which would require an examination of basic human needs and national development planning each in its own terms. The paper's argument is centered on liberation and participation as ends, not means: Education, development, and planning must be seen and acted on as an integrated whole.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Development, Educational Planning, Equal Education
Soofi, Abdollah S. – 1984
Monette divides the definitions of needs into four categories. Basic needs are caused by a deficiency and lead to gratification-seeking behavior. Felt needs are self-defined wants or desires which, when expressed, suggest an unmet need and a means of gratification or imply ultimate goals. A normative need refers to a deficiency between the present…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Classification, Continuing Education
Molek, Carol – 1986
Because General Educational Development (GED) graduates in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, were in need of an association to encourage their further educational development and enhance their newly established feelings of self-worth, an alumni association was formed. Within this peer group, alumni vented frustrations, obtained special training,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Alumni, Alumni Associations
Wilcox, Suzanne Dale – 1980
This consumer education module is designed to provide consumers of mental health services with the skills necessary to participate in the development and delivery of services. The module is intended for use by both the mental health practitioner or consumer advocate and the mentally disabled individual. One preliminary unit and seven activities,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Consumer Education, Disabilities, Individual Needs
Imel, Susan – 1982
This fact sheet presents the needs and characteristics of handicapped adults as an aid in developing and adapting educational programs. Following a discussion of the desire which adult educators feel to provide opportunities for all students, four general problem areas are described: attitudes of others, lack of mobility, diminished cognitive or…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adult Students, Blindness
Bergevin, Paul; McKinley, John – 1970
The Indiana Plan for Adult Religious education is a tested framework of action and training within which an effective adult education program can evolve. The plan is intended to help people in the understanding of and service to God. It aims to: stimulate adults to recognize that some of their religious education needs can be met through…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Behavior Change, Church Programs
Conti, Gary J. – 1974
Adult education programs should be based on the intelligent application of information gained from studies investigating adult motivation and participation in other programs. The paper consists of a selected review of the literature on motivation and participation in adult education. Insights and conclusions drawn from these studies are offered as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Miles, Leroy; Parson, Steve R. – 1978
This monograph for community educators is intended to provide a basic background in adult education and some of the basic principles of adult learning that will assist in development of more effective adult education programs. Section 1 focuses on the role of adult education, especially lifelong learning, and the community educator's role in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Community Education
Hinkley, Nancy E. – 1976
Literature on sexuality and aging and Maslow's hierarchy of needs (which include physiological needs, safety and security needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and the need for self-actualization) are used in this paper to identify at each level the needs of the aging individual as they derive from his sexuality in order to provide a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Schroeder, Paul E. – 1981
This guide to the use of PAK materials is the first of the five-part Comprehensive Community-Based Services for Offenders Information PAK that provides guidelines for developing a system to improve ex-offender service delivery. (Parts 2 and 3, which also contain printed information, are available separately.) The first section discusses the need…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Audiotape Recordings, Community Involvement, Community Resources
Ohio Board of Regents, Columbus. – 1982
This presentation contains eight summary reports that provide information about major linkage activities initiated by the Ohio Board of Regents between the postsecondary education system and the business and governmental sectors. The regional and statewide activities are divided into two groups by the two phases through which linkage goals are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Conferences, Continuing Education
Larson, Gordon A. – 1982
Intended as a general guide for adult educators interested in developing community educational programs for handicapped adults, this monograph gives an overview of facts, problems, and programs peculiar to each of four handicapped populations: the physically handicapped, blind, deaf, and mentally retarded. Following an introduction that defines…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education, Adult Programs
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