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McCoy, Vivian R. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1977
Reports of services of the Adult Life Resource Center in the Division of Continuing Education, University of Kansas, and its goal of programming around adult life cycle change as the demonstration facet. Includes a chart relating adult life stage tasks to appropriate adult education program responses and possible outcomes. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Demonstration Centers, Developmental Stages

Walton, Marsha D. – Teaching of Psychology, 1988
Examines a class project for the study of development across the life span that requires students to interview individuals from different phases of the life cycle and write a paper discussing their subjects' lives in terms of major developmental psychology concepts. Describes student preparation and project evaluation, discussing some potential…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Field Studies
ReVille, Shari – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1989
The potential interface between human development theories and intergenerational programing is explored. Erik Erikson's division of adult development into young, middle, and later adulthood, and Butler and Lewis'"characteristics of older people," are considered. Older people can offer help and encouragement to youth while themselves…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages
Greenberg, Elinor; Charland, William A., Jr. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1980
A description is given of an experimental program at Loretto Heights College which is designed for adult learners who are considering a return to school. It is concluded that the changing nature of adult's lives and their growth and development cycles offer a powerful base for quality adult education programs. (JSR)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Oja, Sharon N. – 1979
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a Deliberate Psychological Education Curriculum to promote the ego, moral, and conceptual development of inservice teachers enrolled in a five-week workshop, followed by a supervised fall quarter practicum. Significant differences were found between experimental and control groups…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Cognitive Processes, Curriculum Design, Developmental Programs
National Univ. Extension Association, Washington, DC. – 1979
Seven 1979 innovative programs in continuing education are described which won awards from the American College Testing Program and the National University Extension Association. Awards were granted according to programs' transferability, innovativeness, workability, and impact in one of four categories: instructional programs, student services…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning