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Doyle, Lesley; Egetenmeyer, Regina; Singai, Chetan; Devi, Uma – International Review of Education, 2016
In this paper, the authors seek to disentangle what they see as contradictory uses of the term "professionalisation" with reference to adult educator development and training (AEDT). They set out to distinguish "professionalisation" from "professionalism," and to identify the locus of control of AEDT in Germany, the…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Locus of Control
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Zahn, Jane – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1980
Describes the characteristics, causes, and cures of burnout, applying this stress syndrome to the situation of adult educators. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Stress Variables
Lowry, Cheryl Meredith – 1989
Self-directed learning has been a high-interest topic within the field of adult education for the last decade. The following are among suggestions writers have made about how adult educators can best facilitate self-directed learning: (1) encourage learners to appreciate that they can act on their world individually or collectively to transform…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Autoinstructional Aids, Independent Reading
Northern Illinois Univ., De Kalb. Coll. of Continuing Education. – 1984
These proceedings consist of 28 presentations. They include, in alphabetical order by author, "Data Collection Methods Used to Determine Training Needs of the Organization and the Adult Learner in Business and Industry" (Bart P. Beaudin), "Sex and the Split Brain: Does the Sex of the Mind Matter?" (Anne A. Bowbeer),…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Agency Cooperation