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Walter, Pierre – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2009
This article offers a typology of philosophical traditions in environmental education for adults, based on five philosophical perspectives of adult education described by Elias and Merriam. These five traditions are liberal, progressive, behaviorist, humanist, and radical adult environmental education, respectively. A summary of each philosophy's…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Environmental Education, Teacher Role, Classification
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Tang, Kwong-Leung; Cheung, Jacqueline Tak-York – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 1996
Declining popularity of behaviorism is due to social changes, the needs of capitalism, importance of worker ownership, and management attitude changes. Alternative models include action regulation theory, critical reflectivity perspective, and working class adult education approach. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behaviorism, Economic Change, Models
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Teller, H.; Harney, J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2005
A random sample of directors of programs for the deaf in North America were surveyed to get their views about the skills that teacher education programs need to be teaching future teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing. The directors were queried about literacy practices, classroom management strategies, and communication strategies…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Deafness, Partial Hearing, Surveys