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Dirkx, John M.; Swanson, Richard A.; Watkins, Karen E.; Cseh, Maria – 2002
Our understanding of workplace learning is shaped by four dominant discourses that may be labeled the discourses of design, demand, development and desire. Within these different discourses, understanding of workplace learning is shaped and bounded by particular assumptions about the "self in context," which includes the organizational…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Corporations
Birden, Susan – 2002
The experiences of the 12-woman Boston Women's Health Book Collective was examined in a case study that focused on the collective's activities from its formation in 1969 through its publication of the book "Our Bodies, Ourselves" in 1973 and its opening of a women's clinic in downtown Boston that is still in operation today. The case…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Kearns, Peter – 2002
A study examined key dimensions of the pattern of learning and enterprise culture change relating to provision of training and learning services for small businesses in Australia. Barriers to training were both demand- and supply-side factors. Research showed the significance of informal learning that occurs in workplaces of small firms but was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Benchmarking

Dobson, Stephan, Ed. – 2001
This document contains information from and about a world assembly on creativity and democratic governance in adult learning that was held by the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) and its partner organizations in the Caribbean. The proceedings begin with English, French, and Spanish translations of the address…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advocacy
Jarvis, Peter – 2002
This dictionary defines approximately 3,500 terms related to adult, continuing, higher, and lifelong learning. It provides detailed references to the main historical and contemporary figures, organizations, and concepts involved in adult and further education around the world with a distinct focus on the core issues in this rapidly changing field.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Bingman, Beth; Stein, Sondra – 2001
The Equipped for the Future (EFF) initiative asked adult learners to describe the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill their roles as parents, citizens, and workers and identified these four purposes: to provide access to information; to give voice to their ideas and opinions, to take action to solve problems, and to provide a bridge to the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 2001
This document is intended to assist individuals directly involved in delivery and implementation of grassroots continuing education programs in the Asia-Pacific region. The first half of the handbook consists of chapters on the following topics: (1) the handbook's structure, contents, audience, and use; (2) the nature and scope of continuing…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Miller, Rosanne – 1993
The Orange Public Library (California) conducted a project that involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 100,000-200,000 and targeted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Educational Cooperation
Peters, Alice L.; Calio, Susan – 1993
This final performance report provides project outcome information and data to the U.S. Department of Education for the federally-funded Library Literacy Program. The Bayard Taylor Memorial Library (Kennett Square, Pennsylvania) conducted the Outreach Project, a project that involved public awareness, training, rural oriented programs, basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Huddleston, Prue; Unwin, Lorna – 1997
This book, which is intended for individuals teaching in the United Kingdom's further education (FE) sector, provides practical advice regarding teaching and learning within the context of the changing FE environment and addresses the diverse nature of the curriculum and the student body for which FE is designed. The following are among the topics…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Edwards, Richard – 1997
This book examines different notions of a learning society and the changes in adult education theory and practice that will be required to create a learning society. Recent developments in the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, in other countries are cited as evidence that creating a learning society will require new forms of thinking about…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Continuing Education
Mooney, Sharon Lopez – 1994
The West Marin Literacy Project, a project of the Marin County Free Library (San Rafael, California), involved recruitment, retention, coalition building, public awareness, training, rural oriented, tutoring, computer- assisted, intergenerational/family, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of under…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Cooperation
Imel, Susan – 2001
The terms "learning communities" and "communities of practice" are being used with increasing frequency to describe the phenomenon of groups (communities) of individuals learning together. Theories focusing on the social nature of cognition and meaning, as opposed to those focusing on individual learning, are stressed. In works…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Context Effect
Dame, Frederick William – 1999
This book explores Jean-Jacques Rousseau's educational philosophy, as expressed in his key works, and applies that philosophy to adult education and revolution. The titles and topics of the book's seven chapters are as follows: (1) "L'Invitation: Raison d'Etre" (prelude, statement, significance, the process, assumptions and limitations);…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
2001
This document contains three papers on coaching and knowledge transfer. "The Role of the Learning Coach in Action Learning" (Judy O'Neil) reviews the literature on action learning and learning coaches, explores the role of learning coaches in action learning, and demonstrates the existence of external and internal influences that shape…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Distance Education, Education Work Relationship