An analysis of an effective television commercial pictureboard would reveal (1) general message design, (2) sensory appeal, (3) audio and visual cliches as cues, (4) attention gimmicks, (5) memorability concerns, and (6) information loading. (CMV)

Australian chief executives, human resource managers, line managers, and employees rated aspects of learning organizations using a benchmarking model. Results show that Australian organizations are increasingly committed to adopting and implementing learning organization principles. Organizations can use the 10-principle model to identify the…

Challenges of an open-entry correctional education system include the following: assessing learning needs, providing appropriate materials and activities, incorporating individual and group instruction, tracking progress, and maintaining discipline. Instructional principles include ongoing assessment, individualized instruction, and frequent…

Discusses the concept of philosophical consistency in research and describes efforts to make adult education research more consistent with adult education principles by helping participants take greater control of the research process. Considers negotiated research and self-directed research approaches. (72 references). (SK)

Nietzche is presented as a counternihilistic philosopher-educator who explored cultural conditions and ways of life that could lift man to higher modes of existence. Three pedagogical dimensions of Nietzsche's work are explored: recovery of health and worth as education's aim, endorsement of holistic education, harmonious combination of themes and…

Responses were assembled from 21 of 38 representatives of the Texas Gerontological Consortium for Continuing Education and a survey of students and graduates of the Texas Basic Certificate in Gerontology. Participants overwhelmingly approved the gerontology principles used in certification programs; institutions reported active implementation of…

An adult educator describes the elements of his personal philosophy of adult education and the factors that influenced its development. (SK)

The last 10 years of educational reform are marked by the near-complete absence of the ideas and ideals of democracy as well as those of education. Educators must work to regain understanding of democracy and its present state, strive to help students acquire traits of character and habits of mind, and develop a more profound conception of what it…

Principles for the future of agricultural education include the following: free public education; schools for education, not indoctrination; centrality of students; practical application of agriscience; entrepreneurship, decision making, and problem solving; leadership; and community-based programs. (SK)

Knowles' foundational principles of adult learning in making presentations are that (1) the audience should be active participants in a process of inquiry and (2) the process should build on the background, needs, interests, problems, and concerns of the audience. (SK)

Staff should be aware of four adult learning principles influencing their conference learning experience: (1) adults learn what they really want to learn; (2) they learn by doing; (3) their motivations are varied and strong; and (4) their experiences enrich the learning situation. (SK)

Introduction to theme issue. Focuses on the need for experiential educators to examine critically the philosophical foundations and assumptions of their field in search of absent realities and hidden contingencies that reproduce culturally oppressive practice. (SV)

Instead of developing a code of ethics, the field of adult/continuing education might consider principles of good practice that provide the needed ethical framework without the limitations of formal codes. (SK)

Privatization undermines the role of public education in keeping democracy alive, offering consumerism as the only form of citizenship. Challenging the encroachment of corporatism is essential if democracy is to remain the defining principle of education and society. (SK)

States that as higher education was defining itself in the early part of the century, creating learning environments for students was at the core of its work. Therefore, it is not a radically new idea to suggest that both academic affairs and student affairs should focus on student learning. (Author/MKA)