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Laiken, Marilyn E.; Milland, Russ; Wagner, Jon – Open Praxis, 2014
Organizations today are faced with the challenges of expanding their traditional classroom-based approaches into blended learning experiences which integrate regular classrooms, virtual classrooms, social learning, independent reading, on the job learning and other methodologies. Our team converted a two-day classroom-based program, taught from…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Classroom Techniques, Online Courses, Best Practices
Cornell-d'Echert, Blaise, Jr. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Most adult education practitioners will understand the special requirements educators should attend to when educating adults. While Malcolm Knowles's adult education principles might not meet the strictest definition of principles, their universal adoption and acceptance by adult educators affords them the same weight as principles. So, as Knowles…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Military Training, Adult Educators, Educational Principles
Korr, Jeremy; Derwin, Ellen Baker; Greene, Kimberly; Sokoloff, William – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2012
While many institutions deliver some classes in blended format, Brandman University transitioned all of its face-to-face classes to blended delivery, using a model tailored to the needs of adult learners. This article provides research supporting the ways that blended learning principles align with key principles of andragogy. The article provides…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Andragogy, Adult Learning, Delivery Systems
Mazurkiewicz, Grzegorz – European Journal of Education, 2009
This article presents reflections arising from a study on adult learning professions in Poland. Changes in the socio-political and legal context created phenomena that have occurred in the adult education systems, mechanisms and approaches. The article focuses on the impact of those processes on a specific professional group--adult educators.…
Descriptors: Social Class, Labor Market, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning
Kagawa, Fumiyo, Ed.; Selby, David, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
There is widespread consensus in the international scientific community that climate change is happening and that abrupt and irreversible impacts are already set in motion. What part does education have to play in helping alleviate rampant climate change and in mitigating its worst effects? In this volume, contributors review and reflect upon…
Descriptors: Socialization, Health Education, Democracy, Citizenship Education
Bennett, Shirley; Ryley, Peter – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
Current developments arising from the Bologna Process and impacting throughout European higher education trace their origins to the lifelong learning and widening participation agendas. They aim to facilitate new patterns and pathways of study and provide transparency and guidance for students. However, practical implementation of the changes in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Program Implementation
Bernard, Jean Louis – Literacy Discussion, 1974
The article considers some basic principles necessary for sound learning in adult basic education. Educational traditions prevalent in Quebec are also discussed and changes are suggested. (Author/MW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Educational Change, Educational Principles
Thompson, Phyllis – Adults Learning, 2005
The adult learning community has a unique opportunity to engage with the big issues of the times during the coming year. The Learning and Skills Council is due to launch its Strategy for Sustainable Development in 2005 and a series of initiatives and publications is set to follow, including the European Year of Democratic Citizenship, launched…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Valli, Linda – 1994
This paper presents personal reflections on the nature of learning and the purpose of schooling and their implications for defining the work of professional development schools (PDSs). The paper examines the implications of intuitive learning, differences in learning, and political aspects of learning theory for professional development schools.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Constructivism (Learning), Educational Change, Educational Environment
Hatcher, Tim; Craig, Bob – 1998
The University of Arkansas developed a distance education (DE) baccalaureate degree program in human resource development (HRD) that may serve as a model for developing DE at any level. The program, which was designed on the basis of a statewide needs assessment and competencies researched by the American Society for Training and Development, is…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Ministry of Education, Copenhagen (Denmark). – 1997
Each year, almost one-third of adults in Denmark participates in some kind of adult education activity. Danish cultural and educational tradition is based on Folkeoplysning, a process in which personal learning in all areas of life is transformed into both life competence and usable occupational abilities. Increasingly, developments in Denmark's…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Change Strategies
Klapan, Anita; Lavrnja, Ilija – 2001
General education and professional education are both important in a learning society. Pedagogy has devoted all its attention to developing general education while regarding professional education as a type of nonobligatory education. From the beginning, general education and professional education have been divided, with the former oriented…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Articulation (Education), Change Strategies
Gass, J. R. – 1996
This paper examines the goals, architecture, and means of lifelong learning. The following are among the topics discussed: economic and social dimensions of the forces pushing Europe toward a learning society (investing in people; promoting employment in an era of structural change; making firms key partners in the learning society; overcoming the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education, Economic Change
Department of Trade and Industry, London (England). – 2000
The Foresight Ageing Population Panel, which included representatives of business, government, the science base, and other experts from the United Kingdom, was charged with examining trends in the United Kingdom's population and the other drivers of change that will operate in the next 20-30 years. The panel discussed the likely impacts of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals), Change Strategies
Preece, Julia – 2000
Educational strategies for social inclusion are based on particular definitions that do not always take account of the complexities of exclusion and inclusion. By attempting to "normalize" the unemployed and disaffected, social inclusion efforts often legitimate the status quo of systems that might otherwise be regarded as contributing…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning
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