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Mowbray, Carol T.; Collins, Mary; Bybee, Deborah – Social Work Research, 1999
Many individuals with psychiatric disabilities experience the onset of mental illness in young adulthood. Supported education programs have arisen as a psychosocial rehabilitation intervention since many of these individuals do not pursue higher education. Article describes the Michigan Supported Education Research project, and discusses the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Educational Opportunities, Mental Health

Cassell, Frank H.; Jacobson, Marilyn D. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1981
"Transitions in Education, Work and Leisure" is a course designed to prepare people who serve as intermediaries or catalysts. The curriculum is based upon the intermediary's function of assisting adults in transitional periods to cope with constant changes in the labor market and social environment. (SK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Change, Coping
1978
Through funding from the Michigan Department of Education, a small private college in a suburban area outside Detroit developed a three-year competency-based paraprofessional training program in gerontology. During the first year of the program, courses and competencies were developed and 50 paraprofessionals were recruited; in the second year new…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
David, Carol – ABCA Bulletin, 1979
Recounts the special needs and capabilities of adult learners that one teacher observed in her extension course on business communication. (RL)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Business Communication
Miller, Phyllis, Ed. – Mensa Research Journal, 2001
This special issue of the Mensa Research Journal contains four papers written by K. Warner Schaie, a psychologist who focuses on psychological development from young adulthood through old age. The first paper is "Living with Gerontology." In it, Schaie recounts his own childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, his path to becoming a…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Cognitive Development
Bouchard, Lois Kalb – Teachers and Writers, 1979
Makes teaching suggestions based on teaching writing to older adults. Addresses such issues as teacher condescension toward students, students' needs for teacher support of their activities, death as a writing subject, displaying emotion in class, and the politics of aging. (RL)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Creative Expression, Creative Writing, Educational Gerontology

Thompson, Carmen; Jensen, David – 1977
Community-Based Educational Counseling for Adults (CBECA) is a program operated through the University of Wisconsin--Extension. CBECA explores educational options and adjustments for returning adult students, intending to help them overcome personal barriers to continued education and to assist them in making the what, how, when, and where of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Development, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. – 1985
These proceedings contain the texts of the following 44 papers: "Adult Development in Midlife, Childless Women" (Rita Keneipp); "Analysis of the Relationship between Cognitive Style (Field Dependence-Field Independence) and Level of Learning" (Eugene Tootle); "Reconceptualizing Adult Education Participation" (Peter Cookson); "Adulthood:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Settersten, Richard A., Jr., Ed.; Furstenberg, Frank F. Jr., Ed.; Rumbaut, Ruben G., Ed. – University of Chicago Press, 2005
"On the Frontier of Adulthood" reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relationships, and personal development. Pathways into…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Policy, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Safman, Phyllis C.; Crocker, M. Judith – 1984
A project was conducted to develop a curriculum package for use in providing inservice training to adult educators. The content of the package was determined by information gathered from a statewide survey of adult education directors in Utah, a review of adult development and learning literature, and discussions with leaders and researchers in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Conter, Robert V., Ed.; Porcelli, Winifred A., Ed. – 1983
These proceedings contain the texts of nine presentations delivered at a conference on removing barriers to the adult learner through marketing, management, and programing. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Faculty Perceptions of Adult Learners, Off-Campus Credit Programs, and Teaching Strategies," by Diane…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Hammond, Peirce; Adelman, Clifford – 1980
This document provides a review of the postsecondary and adult education activities (both current and planned) sponsored by the National Institute of Education's (NIE) three major program units. The first section focuses on activities of the Program on Educational Policy and Organization, including activities of the Postsecondary Organization and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Affirmative Action
Rivera, William M., Ed.; Walker, Sharon M., Ed. – 1984
These 41 papers reflect the conference's focus on nonformal adult education. A major goal of the conference was to facilitate dialogue between researchers and practitioners who are concerned with lifelong learning issues. Four papers focus on aging, specifically intergenerational experiences, preretirement leisure counseling, aging of the work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA. – 2002
Since its establishment in 1996, the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) has actively conducted and disseminated research to help build effective, cost- efficient adult education and literacy programs for adults who have low literacy and math skills, limited English skills, and/or no high school diploma. Funded as…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning