Adult Education

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