Download or read book Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned written by Thomas J. Sork and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Planning education and training programs for adults is a complex decision-making process. When we set out to plan an educational event we usually do so with the intention of changing human capability in some desirable way. Yet many factors can prevent us from achieving our objective. This volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Educatin focuses on understanding the most common planning and program mistakes that we make in the design and delivery of educational programs for adults and the lessons that can be learned fom thos mistakes. This is the 49th issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. For more information on this series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.
Download or read book Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education written by Arthur L. Wilson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 765 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the American Association of Adult & Continuing Education"This monumental work is a testimony to the science of adult education and the skills of Wilson and Hayes. It is a veritable feast for nourishing our understanding of the current field of adult education. The editors and their well-chosen colleagues consistently question how we know and upon what grounds we act. They invite us to consider not only how we can design effective adult education, but also why we practice in a particular socio-economic context." --Jane Vella, author of Taking Learning to Task and Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach "This new handbook captures the exciting intellectual and professional development of our field in the last decade. It is an indispensable resource for faculty, students, and professionals." --Jack Mezirow, emeritus professor, Adult and Continuing Education, Teachers College, Columbia University For nearly seventy years, the handbooks of adult and continuing education have been definitive references on the best practices, programs, and institutions in the field. In this new edition, over sixty leading authorities share their diverse perspectives in a single volume--exploring a wealth of topics, including: learning from experience, adult learning for self-development, race and culture in adult learning, technology and distance learning, learning in the workplace, adult education for community action and development, and much more. Much more than a catalogue of theory and historical facts, this handbook strongly reflects the values of adult educators and instructors who are dedicated to promoting social and educational opportunity for learners and to sustaining fair and ethical practices.
Download or read book EJKM Volume 9 Issue 2 written by and published by Academic Conferences Limited. This book was released on with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Monitoring and Evaluation Training written by Scott G. Chaplowe and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monitoring and Evaluation Training fills a gap in the literature by providing readers with a systematic approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) training for programs and projects. Bridging theoretical concepts with practical, how-to knowledge, authors Scott Chaplowe and J. Bradley Cousins draw upon the scholarly literature, applied resources, and over 50 years of combined experience to provide expert guidance for M&E training that can be tailored to different training needs and contexts, from training for professionals or non-professionals, to organization staff, community members, and other groups with a desire to learn and sustain sound M&E practices.
Download or read book Power and Possibility written by Fergal Finnegan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Power has been a defining and constitutive theme of adult education scholarship for over a century and is a central concern of many of the most famous and influential thinkers in the field. Adult education has been particularly interested in how an analysis of power can be used to support transformative learning and democratic participation. In a fragile and interdependent world these questions are more important than ever. The aim of this collection is to offer an analysis of power and possibility in adult education which acknowledges, analyzes and responds to the complexity and diversity that characterizes contemporary education and society. Power and Possibility: Adult Education in a Diverse and Complex World explores the topic of power and possibility theoretically, historically and practically through a range of perspectives and in relation to varied areas of interest within contemporary adult education. It is concerned with addressing how power works in and through adult education today by exploring what has changed in recent years and what is shaping and driving policy. Alongside this the book explores ways of theorizing learning, power and transformation that builds and extends adult education philosophy. In particular it takes up the themes of diversity and solidarity and explores barriers and possibilities for change in relation to these themes.
Download or read book Planning for Effective Faculty Development written by Patricia A. Lawler and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Views faculty as adult learners and faculty development programs and initiatives as adult education. Introduces concepts of adult learning and program development in adult education and sets forth a useful model with strategies for success, involving specific tasks of preplanning, planning, delivery, and follow-up phases of creating a program for faculty development. Fundamental principles and their use are illustrated in an understandable framework. Useful for administrators and teachers responsible for faculty development. Author information is not given. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR.
Download or read book Working the Planning Table written by Ronald M. Cervero and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2006 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Working the Planning Table, Ronald M. Cervero and Arthur L. Wilson offer a theory that accounts for planners’ lived experience and provides a guide for developing effective educational programs for adults. The book presents three planning case studies that illustrate how power, interests, ethical commitment, and negotiation are central to planners’ everyday work. These stories offer guidance on how to respond to the realities of practice and clearly point out that the technical work of planning is always political. Working the Planning Table reveals how people work to negotiate educational and political outcomes for multiple stakeholders. Cervero and Wilson introduced their groundbreaking framework in their 1994 book Planning Responsibly for Adult Education. Their theory provided a new understanding of the everyday realities faced in planning educational programs for adults. Since that time, they have further developed this effective approach to educational planning. Working the Planning Table reflects their most recent research and offers a practical, user-friendly guide for planners of adult education programs. Working the Planning Table is an essential resource for all educational planners. In addressing the perennial topics of planning, Cervero and Wilson show how assessing needs, developing objectives, designing instruction, and administering and evaluating programs always require planners’ ethical commitment and astute political negotiation of interests in social and organizational contexts.
Download or read book Proceedings of the Midwest Research to Practice Conference written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Planning Responsibly for Adult Education written by Ronald M. Cervero and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-03-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People, politics, and variable funding all contribute to the complexity of the program planning process for continuing education. In this book, Cervero and Wilson articulate a theory of program planning as a social?rather than scientific?process. In so doing, they open up dialogue in an area where debate is badly needed?Must reading for practitioners and professors of adult and continuing education. ?Von Pittman, associate dean, Division of Continuing Education, University of Iowa
Download or read book A Community Based Approach to Literacy Programs Taking Learners Lives Into Account written by Peggy A. Sissel and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1996-11-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New areas of interest and scholarship are emerging in relation to the needs, concerns, and contexts of adult learners in literacy programs. A learner's gAnder, ethnicity, and cultural and educational background, in conjunction with the learning setting, all affect the Adult Basic Education experience. Understanding these aspects of learners' lives is critical to meeting their learning needs. Encouraging a community-based appreach that takes account of the reality of learner's lives, this volume offers suggestions for incorporating knowledge about a learner's particular context, culture, and community into adult literacy programming. The purpose is to encourage reflection and discussion among practitioners, program developers, and policy makers as they work toward meeting the needs of their own communities of various kinds. This is the 70th issue in the journal series "New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education." For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page
Download or read book A Case Study of Transfer of Learning Activities in a Trainer of Trainers Program written by Maureen L. Griffin and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Higher Education Abstracts Fall 1991 Volume 27 Number 1 written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of the Michigan Education Alternative Training Program Using Selected Concepts of Program Planning written by John Gregory Zappala and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adult Education Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experiential Learning A New Approach written by Lewis Jackson and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-10-27 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education presents discussions of a new comprehensive model of experiential learning for instructors of adults in formal educational programs. Two major messages are conveyed through these discussions. The first is that linking the conceptural foundations of adult and experimental learning to actual insturctional applications is key to effective practice. the second message is that paying attention to the assessment component of experiential learning is as important as the process of making choices about which methods and techniques should be selected to encourage learners to use and reflect on their own experiences. This is the 62nd issue in the journal series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page.
Download or read book Creating Environments for Effective Adult Learning written by Roger Hiemstra and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lifelong Learning at Its Best written by William H. Maehl and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2000 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must-read for anyone in higher education, human resourcedevelopment, or adult education. This impeccably researched bookreflects an encyclopedic and intimate knowledge of innovative adulthigher education programs and provides an impressive historicalcontext for such programs. It will be a classic sourcebook foranyone in the field." --Howard Y. Williams, professor emeritus, Human ResourceDevelopment and Adult Education, University of Minnesota "A comprehensive, careful, and compelling study of adult learnersand learning today. Lifelong Learning at Its Best demonstrates whyeducation--from cradle to grave--is so important to our society incoping with the demands of burgeoning technology, addressing globalcompetition, and recognizing the need for ongoing job retraining.It should be required reading for leaders in education, businessand industry, and policymaking." --C. Wayne Williams, president, Regents College It is widely accepted that lifelong competency in today's worldrequires lifelong learning. Schools, colleges, and workplaces haveresponded to this new reality by implementing educational andtraining programs. But which programs really work? Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation ofLifelong Learners--in a study directed by prestigious educationaland business leaders--William Maehl offers strategies that havebeen most successful with adult learners across the nation. FromGeorgetown University to Toyota, he describes winning programmodels and all their components. Organized under such key learningobjectives as competence, collaboration, and self-directedness,these success stories reveal the specific instructional,organizational, financial, and other program components that makethe greatest difference in learning outcomes. For staff attemptingto improve existing programs or for teams building new ones, thisresource has all the practical ideas you need to design effectivesolutions.
