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Title Strategies for retaining adult students: the educationally disadvantaged	Date 1988	Abstract The digest looks at retention of students in programs for educationally disadvantaged adults. Included are causes of nonpart...
Title Guidelines for working with adult learners	Date 1988	Abstract The digest provides guidelines to consider when developing educational programs for adults in any setting. It focuses on the...
Title Adult development: what do teachers of adults need to know?	Date 1988	Abstract The publication outlines eight adult development models based on the theories of Maslow, Rogers, Kohlberg, Nelson, Erickson, ...
Title Teaching adults: is it different?	Date 1989	Abstract The digest examines research that investigates differences in the styles used to teach adults and children. There are referen...
Title Adult education programs and services: a view from nine programs	Date 1990	Abstract This report summarizes a descriptive review of the operations and services of nine adult education programs that receive Fede...
Title History of the Adult Education Act: an overview	Date 1991	Abstract This document summaries the twenty-seven year history of the Adult Education Act to 1991.
Title Partners for lifelong learning: public libraries and adult education	Date 1991	Abstract This booklet consists of two commissioned papers written by library educators describing the role of public libraries in adul...
Title National Literacy Act	Date 1991	Abstract This document summaries the National Literacy Act of 1991 and its relationship to the Adult Education Act.
Title Summary report: national forums on the adult education delivery system	Date 1991	Abstract Following the call in AMERICA 2000 for a nation of students engaged in lifelong learning, the Office of Vocational and Adult ...
Title ERIC and the Adult Education Act: 25 Years of Collaboration	Date 1991	Abstract The digest describes highlights the 25-year collaboration between the Adult Education Act (AEA) and the ERIC system. It begi...
Title Collaborative learning in adult education	Date 1991	Abstract The digest provides an overview of collaborative learning and describes how the process of collaborative learning can become ...
Title Ethical practice in adult education	Date 1991	Abstract This ERIC Digest describes some of the ethical dilemmas that are inherent in the education of adults and provides ideas that ...
Title Adult classroom environment: the role of the instructor	Date 1991	Abstract The brief examines some recent research on the kind of classroom environment desired by adults and describes implications for...
Title Patterns of promise: state and local strategies for improving coordination in adult education programs	Date 1992	Abstract The contractor investigated state and local programs efforts for delivering coordinated services in adult education. The rep...
Title Adult civic education	Date 1992	Abstract This ERIC Digest highlights the significance of adult civic education in a democracy and examines the substance of adult civi...
Title Reflective practice in adult education	Date 1992	Abstract The digest examines reflective practice in adult education. Reflective practice is a mode that integrates or links thought a...
Title Part-time instructors in adult and vocational education	Date 1993	Abstract The digest looks at the increased use of part-time instructors in adult and vocational education. It examines the education ...
Title Minority participation in continuing education	Date 1993	Abstract The trends of larger numbers of diverse groups in the U.S. work force, the need for continuing education and retraining, and ...
Title Self-directed learning	Date 1994	Abstract While the concept of self-directed learning is a significant component of the current practice of adult education, there is c...
Title Adult learner retention revisited	Date 1994	Abstract This digest provides an updated look at research on retention in adult education in both adult basic education and higher edu...
Title Teaching adults: is it different?	Date 1995	Abstract The question of whether teaching adults is different remains ambiguous. Types of adult learning and what learners themselves...
Title Inclusive adult learning environments	Date 1995	Abstract The Digest describes what it means to create an inclusive learning environment, examines some related issues, and presents so...
Title Is it working? Self help guide for evaluating vocational and adult education programs	Date 1995	Abstract The guide presents a framework for use by adult and vocational programs to improve their approach to evaluation. Included are...
Title Continuing education: market driven or learner centered?	Date 1996	Abstract This publication looks at the controversy of whether continuing education programs should be market driven or learner centere...
Title Journal writing and adult learning	Date 1996	Abstract This digest focuses on several types of journals, exploring their value in assisting adults through their learning journey an...
Title Adult education: social change or status quo?	Date 1996	Abstract This digest examines the debate over the mission of adult education: is it to transform individuals or society? It looks at...
Title Adult learning in groups	Date 1997	Abstract The brief provides information that can be used in developing adult learning groups in formal educational settings. Included...
Title Situated learning in adult education	Date 1998	Abstract This digest presents an overview of the concepts related to applying situated cognition in adult learning. References are i...
Title Transformational learning in adulthood	Date 1998	Abstract The digest describes research and theory building by Robert Boyd and its influence on current perspectives of transformative ...
Title Action learning for individual and organizational development	Date 1998	Abstract Action learning is a continuous process of learning and reflection, bringing people together to solve problems. The brief pr...
Title New views of adult learning	Date 1999	Abstract This alert examines some of the recent trends in the literature of adult learning. Included are transformative learning, adu...
Title Beyond 2000; future directions for adult education	Date 1999	Abstract The paper provides adult educators with information that they can use to produce perspectives for the future of adult educati...
Title Roles for adult educators	Date 1999	Abstract This alert reviews some of the trends and issues related to roles for adult educators. References are given.
Title How emancipatory is adult learning?	Date 1999	Abstract This publication investigates to what extent adult education actually fulfills an emancipatory mission by examining beliefs a...
Title Lifelong learning	Date 2000	Abstract This publication examines the concept of lifelong learning and the myths surrounding gap between the ideal and real learning ...
Title Change: connections to adult learning and education	Date 2000	Abstract This digest explores the question of how adult learning and education can cultivate change with individuals and groups. Refe...
Title Transformational learning and the journey of individuation	Date 2000	Abstract The digest summaries and expands on Robert Boyd's notion of transformative learning, discussing the role of image, symbol, ri...
Title Contextual learning in adult education	Date 2000	Abstract This brief examines the use in adult education of contextual learning, an offshoot of the constructivist approach to teaching...
Title Multiple intelligences and adult education	Date 2000	Abstract This alert reviews the ways that multiple intelligence (MI) theory has been investigated in adult literacy education. Ext...
Title Adult students: recruitment and retention	Date 2001	Abstract This brief examines reviews recent research related to adult student recruitment and retention and provides guidelines for re...
Title Andragogy revisited: theory for the 21st century?	Date 2002	Abstract This publication examines the viability in the 21st century of Malcolm Knowles' theory of andragogy by considering its backgr...
Title Journal writing as an adult learning tool	Date 2002	Abstract This brief reviews the research and practice literature and describes issues and methods involved in incorporating journal wr...
Title Effects of learning in adult, career, and career-technical education	Date 2003	Abstract This Alert examines some of the trends and issues associated with the role of emotion in learning in adult, career, and caree...
Title Informal adult learning and the Internet	Date 2003	Abstract This Alert examines issues related to the Internet and its role in informal adult learning. References are given.
Title Federal adult education: a legislative history 1964-2013	Date 2013	Abstract This “American heritage” history traces the federal involvement in adult education in order to place federal adult education ...
Title Problem-based learning and adult English language learners	Date April 2007	Abstract How problem-based learning aligns with research on second language acquisition is addressed in this Brief. "Guidelines for te...
Title Profiles of the adult education target population: information from the 2000 census	Date April, 2004	Abstract Document presents national, regional, and state profiles of the target population for adult education, those 16 years old and...
Title Challenges in assessing for postsecondary readiness	Date De 14, 2007	Abstract This policy brief examines the major assessments in use today to measure adult learning gains and determine student placement...
Title Fiscal consequences of adult educational attainment	Date December 14, 2007	Abstract This policy brief prepared for the National Commission on Adult Literacy examines the earnings of adults according to their l...
Title Low-income adults in profile: improving lives through higher education	Date February 2004	Abstract “This report describes the low-income adult student population, outlines the many challenges that they face, and explains the...