This study aims to study Thai non-formal education teachers' perceptions of their opportunities to obtain knowledge about the learning society; identify the knowledge of non-formal education teachers need about the learning society which could be obtained through a distance learning package; and to develop and evaluate distance learning package on…

In 2007, the Health Resources Services Administration introduced new mandates that raised the standards on program evaluation for Geriatric Education Centers. Described in this article are the primary and secondary evaluation efforts undertaken for one program within the Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center (RIGEC), the findings from these…

Selected aspects of the Adult Basic Education Program of the State of New York are evaluated, and the program's effectiveness in providing basic education that is suited to the capabilities, problems, interests, and needs of the adult participants is assessed. The evaluation and assessment are presented in three parts: Part I provides the setting…

By use of interviews, questionnaires, and observation, the courses and programs offered by the University Center for Adult Education, in Detroit, were evaluated. The courses concerned Communication and Language Art, Environment, Practical Economics, Behavioral Science, Technology, Extension Courses, and Special Events. Evaluation findings show…

Article reports on efforts to evaluate and to document behavioral changes which occur in nursing practice and on efforts to determine the effect of continuing education on patient care. (GB)

Discusses the emergence of the Continuing Education Unit as a standard unit of measure for participation in noncredit continuing education activities. (Author)

This study was designed to develop and field test a typology of framework providing for the systematic description, definition, and classification of activities in university continuing education centers. Basic questions pertained to whether such a typology could be developed, and whether other investigators and practitioners could use the…

Findings are reported from a survey of all U.S. medical school continuing education departments. The following attributes appeared to have a relationship to most programs: target group specialty; locale of presentation, cost per instructional day, method for identifying educational needs, and sponsor's rationale for program effectiveness. (LBH)

The collection of program summaries is organized according to the six primary program categories represented in Continuing Education Training Programs: (1) physicians, (2) psychiatrists, (3) behavioral scientists and allied professionals, (4) nurses and related personnel, (5) social workers and related personnel, and (6) interdisciplinary…

This study was undertaken to compare the judgments of leaders in adult education regarding the importance of certain guidelines for planning and executing programs of university continuing education centers with the degree to which these guidelines were followed by selected university continuing education centers during the first six months of…

Describes a comprehensive program developed at the University of Minnesota to help adult students who suffer from mathematics anxiety. The three components of the program--a diagnostic clinic, individualized tutoring, and content courses--are designed to analyze student needs, both mathematical and emotional, and to address those needs in a…

Findings from an evaluation of Teacher Education and Computer (TEC) Centers were presented. The California State Legislature authorized 15 TEC Centers to provide staff development services to teachers and administrators. Evaluation of the Centers focused on several policy issues in order to describe the major accomplishments of TEC Centers on a…

The Teachers Centre for Continuing Education was established to provide opportunities for teachers to undertake further study in order to upgrade their professional qualifications. The Western Australia Post Secondary Education Commission, acting on the Partridge Report on Post-Secondary Education in Western Australia, investigated recommendations…

In 1960 Dr. Mohan Sinha Mehta, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rajasthan, proposed the Department of Adult Education. Canada was chosen as a source of help, because the comprehensive purpose and program of university extension in North American approximated the needs of India. Dr. Mehta sought financial help from Canada via the Canada…

The paper discusses early research on evaluating services for Australian disabled persons, the Schonell Evaluation Procedure (SEP) developed for use in Activity Therapy Centres (adult continuing education programs), the modification of SEP for use in special schools for children, and emergent and unmet needs for evaluating adult special education…