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Direct linkLima, Licínio C.; Guimarães, Paula – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2016
This paper focuses on recognition of prior learning as part of a national policy based on European Union guidelines for lifelong learning, and it explains how recognition of prior learning has been perceived since it was implemented in Portugal in 2000. Data discussed are the result of a mixed method research project that surveyed adult learners,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Public Policy, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
Baker, Kate L.; Perkins, Joy; Comber, Darren P. M. – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2014
Taught postgraduate students are a unique group, undergoing a short, intensive period of study. Many taught postgraduate students are international, engaging for the first time with new learning approaches, including Personal Development Planning (PDP). This article provides analysis of the views of international taught postgraduates about the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Needs, Masters Programs
Quinton, Sarah; Smallbone, Teresa – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2008
Personal development planing (PDP) is now a nationally required part of undergraduate and postgraduate education in the United Kingdom. Little is known about how universities in general are implementing personal development plans, nor how engaged students will become in compiling a set of records of their learning and progress, which they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Individual Development, Student Development
Download full textSlate, John R.; Jones, Craig H.; Wiesman, Karen; Alexander, Jeanie; Saenz, Tracy – New Horizons in Education, 2008
Background: Schools in K-12 have generated mission statements as ways of focusing their efforts and energies in specific areas. These mission statements vary by institutional setting as a function of the stakeholders and constituent groups who facilitate their development. To date, no studies were located in which the mission statements of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Investigations, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLinn, Patricia L. – Liberal Education, 1999
Reports on a study of the long-term effects of Antioch College's cooperative education program. Seventy-three 1946-1955 graduates completed work history questionnaires asking about jobs held since graduation and other relevant life events. Responses were analyzed in relation to respondents' co-op files in college archival records. Quantitative and…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, College Outcomes Assessment, Cooperative Education, Experiential Learning
Daloz, Laurent A. – 1999
This book offers perspectives for understanding adult learners and suggests in practical ways based on current development theory how higher education professionals can work more effectively to improve the quality of the educational experience for these students. Using the metaphor of a journey, the book explores the process of adult learning in…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, College Programs, Developmental Tasks
Quay, Richard H. – 1981
A bibliography of Arthur W. Chickering's works on the college student as an individual is presented. Specific topics include the following: diverse student bodies and a changing society, competency-based education, adult development and teaching-learning implications, lifelong learning by handicapped persons, college curriculum development,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Environment, College Students, Commuting Students
Mentkowski, Marcia; And Others – 1983
Alumnae of Alverno College were studied to determine how they were learning to learn at work, how they describe lifelong learning, and what factors promote transfer of learning to professional performance and careering after college. Interviews were conducted with 32 alumnae, and questionnaires were administered to 56 alumnae and 63 seniors.…
Descriptors: Alumni, College Curriculum, College Graduates, College Seniors
