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Increasing Practitioners' Knowledge of Participation among Elderly Adults in Senior Center Activities
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Walker, Jan; Bisbee, Carol; Porter, Russell; Flanders, Joanne – Educational Gerontology, 2004
The research reported in this paper attempted to identify predictors of senior center participation and to ascertain why there has been a decline in the number of individuals participating at senior centers in recent years. The research reports the results of a survey conducted among senior center participants in an 11-county area in the Nortex…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Older Adults, Adult Programs, Participant Characteristics
In Search of Meaning: A Reminiscence Program for Older Persons
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Westerhof, Gerben J.; Bohlmeijer, Ernst; Valenkamp, Marije W. – Educational Gerontology, 2004
A pilot evaluation is reported of a reminiscence program aimed at increasing personal meaning. Fifty-seven older persons completed both a sentence completion questionnaire measuring personal meaning and a depression scale administered before and after the program. In comparison to a group from a representative survey that was matched on life…
Descriptors: Recall (Psychology), Depression (Psychology), Older Adults, Foreign Countries
Silver Editions II: Advancing the Concept of Library-Centered Humanities Programs for Older Adults. An Evaluation.
Van Fleet, Connie; And Others – 1991
This report is an evaluation of the Silver Edition II Project, a program to offer library-centered humanities programming to older adults. In the program local scholars in seven geographically dispersed library systems led discussion groups made up of 20 to 25 participating older adults. This evaluation focuses on the stated goals of the project:…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Discussion Groups, Humanities, Library Role
The Demography of the New York Population of Educationally and Economically Disadvantaged Adults.
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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Post-Secondary Continuing Education. – 1975
The document examines the adult population of New York State demographically in terms of potential participation in postsecondary continuing education. Information is divided into four sections of supplemental data. Section one, New York State Population, discusses the general characteristics of the adult population (those 25 and over). Section…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Census Figures
Statistical Handbook on Aging Americans. 1994 Edition. Statistical Handbook Series Number 5.
Schick, Frank L., Ed.; Schick, Renee, Ed. – 1994
This statistical handbook contains 378 tables and charts illustrating the changes in the United States' aging population based on data collected during the 1990 census and several other surveys. The tables and charts are organized by topic as follows: demographics (age and sex distribution, life expectancy, race and ethnicity, geographic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demography, Economic Status
Training and Employment Report of the Secretary of Labor. Covering the Period July 1990-September 1991.
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Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This report summarizes the program activities and research and evaluation projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) during program year 1990 and fiscal year 1991. Chapter 1, which focuses on program activities, discusses the activities of advisory groups and other initiatives undertaken…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
Adults in Training: An International Comparison of Continuing Education and Training.
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O'Connell, Philip J. – 1999
Data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) were analyzed to compare the incidence and volume of continuing education (CE) and training among adults in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The following were among the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Age Differences