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Download full textRose, Amy D. – 1987
At the higher education level, some educators saw individualization of the college curriculum as a means for personal development and a method for empowering the students and the faculty. Notions of adult education appeared to reinforce the strong movement to individualize the college curriculum. The development of contract learning pulled…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Higher Education
Wickett, R. E. Y. – 1986
Five models of independent learning are suitable for use in adult education programs. The common factor is a facilitator who works in some way with the student in the learning process. They display different characteristics, including the extent of independence in relation to content and/or process. Nondirective tutorial instruction and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education, Group Instruction
Peer reviewedCommission for International Adult Education, 2012
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. The following purposes summarize the work of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Religion
Turner, Anita P. – 1981
The goals, services, and administration of North Shore Community College's (NSCC) Center for Alternative Studies (CAS) were the subject of the workshop described in this report, which was conducted by the National Council of Community Services and Continuing Education. After the workshop's agenda is presented, the text is provided of CAS Director…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adult Students, College Credits, Community Colleges
Direct linkCowperthwaite, Gordon – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1980
Suggests alternatives to traditional methods of "dispensing" higher education to lifelong learners, focusing on changing teacher responsibilities, older college students, crediting experiential learning, extending services to private and public agencies, and learning contracts. Cites two examples of using contract learning. (JM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Rehabilitation Research Foundation, Elmore, AL. Draper Correctional Center. – 1972
This progress report summarizes the activities from June to August, 1972, of the Experimental Manpower Laboratory for Corrections at Draper Correctional Center. EMLC studies are designed to determine if behavior modification techniques are feasible and provide viable alternatives to aversive control. In the Token Economy (Ecology) Project, inmates…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
McKee, John M. – 1972
Establishing behavioral objectives for an adult basic education (ABE) program helps to accomplish individual assessment of a learner's abilities and deficiencies. The heart of an individually prescribed instructional system is the use of instruction materials or software. Many programmed instructional materials are available, and it is the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
