Provides a range of common-sense strategies for dealing with adult students with behavioral difficulties: teaching appropriate behavior, dealing with aggression, setting boundaries, and managing defensiveness. Indicates that solutions lie not just in the classroom but at the college, classroom management, and person-to-person levels. (JOW)

Discusses acquired brain injury (ABI), a hidden disability often caused by traffic accidents. Provides a list of strategies for the adult classroom and information sources. (JOW)

Although adult education values independence and autonomy in self-directed learners, non-Western cultures value interdependence. Interviews with five Korean women leaders suggest that there is value in developing both independence and interdependence in adult learners. (SK)

Provides a typology of Internet uses in distance education: type 1--traditional distance learning supplemented with Internet activities; type 2--computer conferencing; and type 3--virtual courses and institutions. Suggests that Internet institutions need a broad range of academic and administrative supports to sustain adult learning. (SK)

Views adult learner resistance through the perspectives of three feminist poststructuralist pedagogies: (1) pedagogy of the unconscious (learners refusing to acknowledge systematic oppression); (2) pedagogy of the unthought (the notion that identity is not innate or fixed); and (3) pedagogy for critical literacy (deconstruction and reconstruction…

Using data from the General Social Surveys, this study compares the effects of different income variables on financial satisfaction among people age 65 and above in the United States. Results suggest that simply using household income as a variable without any adjustment does not capture the real effect of income on financial satisfaction. Income…

In this paper we consider that, to a great degree, educational quality is insured through successful educational and social-relationship strategies developed among educators and their older adult students. Proposals to improve educational quality should be considered within the unique context of each university's mission and goals. Otherwise, the…

Dyscalculia is considered to be a learning difficulty or difference. It is increasingly being recognised and "diagnosed" within adult learning. However, practitioners are often unclear about whether learners who are considered to have dyscalculia are entitled to access arrangements for examinations and assessments, and which access…

Programs for adults learning English vary widely in size and scope. Some are large, multilevel programs, such as the Arlington Education and Employment Program (REEP) in Virginia, which has more than 45 staff members, over 100 volunteers, and an array of student services for the 7,500 learners served annually at the program's 7 locations. Others…

The purpose of this article is to provide researchers and, in particular, practitioner-scholars of e-learning curricular designs and instructors with one conceptual model that supports more involvement and interaction within on-line courses. The "On-line Curriculum Interaction Model" posited by the author is informed by the foundational…

Adult students have become the new majority in online distance education. Research in online distance education, however, is still predominantly based on the historical perspective of the traditional student profile. This study examines adult students' learning engagement in online courses and explores the impact of online course design models and…

Background and Context: The context for this study is the American legislative landscape covering the past 35 years, which witnessed a shift in political philosophies concerning the role of government in ensuring the social welfare of its citizens--from a focus on a "safety net" to a focus on "individual responsibility." We frame these contrasting…

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University--Worldwide serves more than 36,000 online students across the globe, many of whom are military and other non-traditional students, offering 34 undergraduate, graduate, and professional education/workforce certificate programs, presented both online and via blended delivery modes. The centralized model of online…

An indispensable part of any curriculum design in an educational setting is the analysis of the needs of the learners involved in the context. The needs can be addressed from different perspectives. Among them, the learners' needs in terms of their perceptions toward what constitute learning/teaching and testing processes are of prominent values.…

Cedefop's report "Learning while working: success stories on workplace learning in Europe" presents an overview of key trends in adult learning in the workplace. It takes stock of previous research carried out by Cedefop between 2003 and 2010 on key topics for adult learning: governance and the learning regions; social partner roles in…