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| Cogito - Knowledge and Action… | 8 |
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| Fleming, Elmer | 1 |
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Knox, Alan B. – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
A variety of detailed cases that describe an adult education situation, the dynamics of its operation, and evidence of results, is needed. Proposes that we arrange for the preparation of detailed case descriptions on aspects of the development and administration of adult education programs. Includes a Discussion Case and an analysis of it.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Szczypkowski, Ronald – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Excerpts from a lengthy paper whose main thesis deals with the role of the adult administrator as the key ingredient for a successful adult education program, despite generally poor financial resources. Emphasis is on need to have full-time adult education administrators of the same professional stature as day administrative staff. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrator Selection, Administrators, Adult Education
Israeli, Eitan – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Brings into focus the subject of the fear of death and its importance to adult education. Includes a research bibliography. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Attitudes
Darkenwald, Gordon G. – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Suggests that a limited, substantive theory inductively derived from comparative analysis of actual program operation can be practical. A comparative field study of public school adult basic education programs is given as an example. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Knox, Alan B. – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Purpose of this essay is to propose a better method for interrelating knowledge and action so that education is more relevant. The approach is called an Action Seminar. The success of any method will be greater if learners and mentors engage in activities that they consider appropriate and important. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Experimental Curriculum
Gresh, Bernard – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Describes a seminar in adult education held by Dr. Alan Knox, Professor of Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University, at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, Long Island. The objective was to increase the participants' competence in the development of informal educational programs for adults. (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Catholic Educators
Gresh, Bernard – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Focuses on the issue of program evaluation in relation to the adult education agency in the context of the social system analysis set forth in the Knox agency essay (1967). (Author/DR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Programs, Evaluation
Fleming, Elmer; Leppert, Alice – Cogito - Knowledge and Action in Adult Education, 1971
Discusses the need for paraprofessionals and volunteers in adult education programs, the sort of individual best suited to these positions, opportunities in the field, qualifications required, and training sessions which are available. (DR)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Opportunities
