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Berne, Ellis J. – Training and Development Journal, 1979
Focuses on some important aspects of managing training activities, such as arranging program logistics, obtaining/hiring program resource people, preparing budgets and plans, training and supervising personnel and managing leadership. (CSS)
Descriptors: Administration, Adult Education, Leaders Guides, Opinions
Dobson, John R. A. – 1982
Three seminars examined strategies and tactics for community mobilization in Latin America. The sessions--which were held in Bogota, Columbia; Quito, Ecuador; and Recife, Brazil--involved a total of 75 participants from 27 organizations. Addressed during the seminars were development, leadership, mobilization, and learning in the context of…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Coordination, Community Development, Community Education
Adult Education Association of U.S.A., Washington, DC. – 1955
This pamphlet on program planning is the second of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to help leaders develop programs suited to their groups and group aims. Eleven articles and how-tos…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Democracy, Group Activities, Groups
Walker, John E. – 1986
One approach to the implementation of community education is to solicit involvement and support for the idea from the informal power structure. The first step is to identify the informal power structure; one method is the reputational technique, in which selected members of a variety of organizations each nominate at least five people who have…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Leaders, Educational Needs, Group Dynamics
Adult Education Association of U.S.A., Washington, DC. – 1959
This pamphlet on training in human relations is the sixteenth of 16 in a series to provide leaders in adult activities with sound introductory material to give practical help in using a method of adult education or working in a particular area. Its objective is to provide a case history of a human relations institute, outline the procedures for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Human Relations, Institutes (Training Programs)
1992
The purpose of the agricultural literacy effort has been to produce informed citizens able to participate more fully in the establishment of policies that support a highly competitive agricultural industry in this country and abroad. In their article titled, "Position Statement on Agricultural Literacy," Russell, McCracken, and Miller…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
James, Leroy M. – 1986
Beyond the ability to exhibit good judgment and common sense while performing duties as a leader under stress and pressure, an outdoor adventure program leader should possess technical skills, human relations skills, and philosophical understanding of outdoor programming. Technical skills include knowledge of initiatives/ropes course activities,…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Educational Philosophy, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Glowacki-Dudka, Michelle, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings consist of 44 presentations in these categories: distance education and evaluation; community issues and research; multicultural issues and research; teaching and learning; research methods; and organizational development. The papers are "Philosophical Foundations of Andragogy and Self-Directed Learning" (Alfred);…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning