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Download full textMezirow, Jack – 1969
Theorizing in adult education has been primarily concerned with questions of social philosophy which contribute little to improving the quality of professional activity. This essay suggests a rationale and strategy for developing a research based body of theory, indigenous to adult education and of practical utility to practitioners. Central to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Action, Educational Theories, Program Development
Peer reviewedNorth, Stephen M. – Rhetoric Review, 1985
Discusses the reason for the delay of designing and executing a case study method for writing center tutorials. (EL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Theories, Program Development, Research Methodology
Gottfredson, Gary D. – 1982
Social programs are often based on unclearly articulated theoretical rationales. The evaluations of these programs are also often relatively theory free, and therefore make limited contributions to theory. A Program Development Evaluation (PDE) approach, intended to integrate theory testing with the development and evaluation of action programs,…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Theories, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Improvement
