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Avoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Goulding, Anna – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2013
This article addresses how older people understand and engage with contemporary art in the gallery context--whether there is something unique to the art, the format of the visits, the pedagogical approaches used by gallery educators, the social contact, or a combination of all these factors. It also addresses the psychosocial barriers to…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Arts Centers
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Requejo Osorio, Agustin – Convergence, 2008
This paper deals with specific characteristics of elders,1 bearing in mind both their cognitive and their non-cognitive aspects. Regarding their way of learning, the paper refers to basic principles for this group of people: active learning, situational analysis, their experience, awareness that they have--and need--specific time and rhythm for…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Adult Educators
Van Nortwick, Thomas – CEA Forum, 1991
Suggests a widening of the context of the discussion on collaborative learning. Explores the notion of collaborative learning in the rapidly growing arena of adult learning, either in a school setting or in less formal venues. Offers some reflections on the role of education in the larger enterprise of citizenship. (RS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Lifelong Learning
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Crowley, D. W. – Australian Journal of Adult Education, 1971
An address given before the Australian Universities Conference in May 1971, in which the director of the Department of Adult Education, University of Sidney, urged that there is an important role for universities to play in the provision of facilities for continuing education, and that their present provisions in this field ought to be…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Marriott, Stuart – Journal of the International Congress of University Adult Education, 1972
A discussion of the problems and prospects of university adult education in the last quarter of the twentieth century. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, College Role
Cross, K. Patricia; And Others – 1978
In this group of presentations from the 1978 National Conference on Higher Education, three researchers examine the need for the educational community to become more creatively responsive to the learning needs of adults. K. Patricia Cross delineates the difference between "adult education" and "adult learning". She discusses findings on adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Educational Resources
Kreitlow, Burton W. – 1968
This theoretical paper is the concluding part of an extensive two-part examination of the problem of educating adult educators. The first part dealt with the relationship of adult education to other disciplines. This part establishes a framework for classifying areas of needed research in the field of adult education. The framework used here is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Classification
Donegan, Patricia Morris – 1982
Based on bibliographies in Arthur Chickering's "The Modern American College," a search in the ERIC database, a manual search in "Library Literature," and additional sources, this annotated bibliography presents 57 items on the evolving relationship between the independent adult learner and the public library. These sources of information examine…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Hoenninger, Ronald W.; Dyer, Joe W. – 1974
An explanation of the Continuing Education Unit (CEU) is offered in this paper. At Jefferson College in Missouri, the CEU is an evaluative unit used in awarding a Continuing Education Diploma. The CEU is defined as ten contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible leadership, capable direction and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Eklund, Lowell – Adult Leadership, 1976
Adult educators, providing necessary lifelong, comprehensive education, face the major imperative of solving the problem of racism. Numerous other imperatives concerning program design and content must be fulfilled in effectively meeting adult learners' needs. Guidance from the principles expressed in a proposed adult educator's Hippocratic Oath…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Tugbiyele, E. A. – Adult Education Now, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Hammerman, Myrna Lynn – 1986
Although the origins of self-help groups can be traced back to early history, the self-help movement as we know it today began almost 50 years ago. Approximately 15 million Americans currently belong to about 500,000 different self-help groups. Adults in transition are likely to seek both formal and informal sources of help when faced with…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Group Structure, Independent Study
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Center for Museum Education. – 1978
This sourcebook, intended for museum professionals, is an introduction to issues of lifelong learning, adult education, continuing education, and community education. It also provides a brief historical review and examples of museum programs for adults. These programs and services include bulletins and journals, slide-tape and video presentations,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Charland, William A., Jr. – 1976
Addressed to those who are involved in the education of adults, this paper reviews hypotheses of patterns in adult development, and discusses possible roles of educators and educational programs in facilitating growth throughout adult life. The following topics are included: Time and the Life Cycle, Socialization and Roles, Stages of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
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