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Janet Williams – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024
This paper examines ways adult education practitioners can develop innovative, inclusive, equitable instructional practices by integrating Instructional Design (ID) models and principles into their curricula and content development processes. A review of the relevant literature highlights the importance of creating a student-centered learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Instructional Design, Student Centered Curriculum, Curriculum Development
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Williams, Janet M.; Pulido, Laurie – American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an adult noncredit program in the California Community College system partnered with Ease Learning to help convert face-to-face courses to an online modality. Subsequent data revealed a misalignment in the courses' Student Learning Outcomes and Instructional Objectives which became a barrier to student success. Wile's…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teaching Methods, Online Courses, Outcomes of Education
MDRC, 2016
Although high school completion rates have slowly increased over the past several decades, nearly 30 million adults today still lack a high school credential and, as a result, face a significant barrier to both higher education and employment opportunities. Policymakers and practitioners in the adult education field are searching for ways to…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Case Studies, Transitional Programs, College Readiness
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Castro, Helio; Putnik, Goran D.; Shah, Vaibhav – Learning Organization, 2012
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyze international and national research and development (R&D) programs and roadmaps for the manufacturing sector, presenting how agile and lean manufacturing models are addressed in these programs. Design/methodology/approach: In this review, several manufacturing research and development programs and…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Manufacturing Industry, National Programs, International Programs
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Feedback (Response), Course Evaluation
Schuller, Tom; Williams, Jenny – Adults Learning, 2009
"Learning Through Life," the main report from the Inquiry into the Future for Lifelong Learning, is the culmination of a two-year process of consultation, analysis and reflection. The report sets out bold proposals which go well beyond the boundaries of adult education and training. Several key weaknesses in the current system were…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Research Reports
Hentges, Kae – Lifelong Learning, 1983
This paper proposes a new model for the development of adult education curricula. The model is holistic to complement the segmental needs and special interests approach that is characteristic of most programs. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Holistic Approach
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Bramwell, R. D. – Educational Gerontology, 1992
Rather than Tyler-style transmission models, process or transaction models are more appropriate for teaching older adults. Whereas Tyler models focus on achieving rigidly defined objectives, process models view education as activities worthwhile in themselves. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives, Models
Gordon, Jack; Zemke, Ron – Training, 2000
Six experts discuss four major criticisms of the instructional systems design model: (1) it is too slow and clumsy to meet today's training challenges, (2) it has no substance; (3) used as directed, it produces bad solutions, and (4) it clings to the wrong world view. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Instructional Systems
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Colin, Scipio A. J., III; Guy, Talmadge C. – PAACE Journal of Lifelong Learning, 1998
Identifies three curriculum orientations in African-American adult education: multicultural/social reconstructionist, self-ethnic liberatory/empowerment, and accommodation/subordinate. The interpretive model compares these three orientations on the seven principles of an Africentric world view as a means of selecting and critiquing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Afrocentrism, Black Education, Curriculum Development
Svenson, Raynold A. – Journal of Technological Horizons in Education, 1978
Advocates making formal planning systems for continuing education and training. Outlines some of the principal outputs of those systems, and offers advice on how to structure and manage the planning system. (Author/GA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Development
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Fram, Eugene H.; Clarcq, Jack R. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1978
Stating that continuing education administrators and faculty must change their curricula to meet the needs of students and employers, the authors present for curriculum planners what they call a "cybernetic model," which uses a marketing approach. As an illustration they describe a management education case study. (MF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Curriculum Design
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Boreham, N. C. – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1988
The author describes various professionals' need for the ability to diagnose problems in their areas of expertise. Three psychological models are examined: (1) scientific rationality, (2) the template model, and (3) the interactionist model. The author discusses the integration of information on diagnostic processes into the adult professional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Interaction, Models
Laurenze, Andreas – Western European Education, 1979
Reports on the curriculum development process used as part of teacher education, identifying problems of teacher time and effort, relationship to the practical demands of classroom teaching, and links with other aspects of teacher's work. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Cooperation, Curriculum Development
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Putrow, Mary Louise – Options, 1986
Discusses five of the most common approaches to planning adult education programs: pragmatic approach, Tyler approach, social psychology approach, community development approach, and systems approach. In addition to these, other adult educators offer more eclectic approaches to program planning. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Community Development, Curriculum Development
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