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Direct linkMilana, Marcella, Ed.; Klatt, Gosia, Ed.; Vatrella, Sandra, Ed. – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This book explores European governance and policy coordination within lifelong learning markets. Using an instruments approach, the editors and contributors examine the ways in which governance mechanisms employed by the European Union influence policy to regulate lifelong learning, and intervene in lifelong learning markets, at both European and…
Descriptors: Governance, Lifelong Learning, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Stevenson, Carolyn N., Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Institutions of higher learning are providing access to free and low-cost open resources to support students with prior college-level learning during every step of their educational journey. This unconventional approach to education removes traditional barriers to college credit by placing learners in an open environment, which encourages…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Access to Education, Open Educational Resources, Prior Learning
Dahlstedt, Magnus, Ed.; Fejes, Andreas, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2019
"Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education" provides a wide perspective on the dramatic transformation of education policy in Sweden that has taken place during the last 30 years, with a specific focus on marketization. The marketization of education in Sweden is set in the wider international context of changes in education systems.…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Commercialization, Educational Change, Foreign Countries
Wang, Victor C. X., Ed.; Bryan, Valerie C., Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Today's ever-changing learning environment is characterized by the fast pace of technology that drives our society to move forward, and causes our knowledge to increase at an exponential rate. The need for in-depth research that is bound to generate new knowledge about curriculum and program development is becoming ever more relevant.…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development, Program Development
Jones, Janice E., Ed.; Baran, Mette L., Ed.; Cosgrove, Preston B., Ed. – IGI Global, 2019
The definition of education and learning has been changing in recent years, as the field experienced, and is still experiencing, many changes. One of those changes is a rise in adult learners in higher education. In order to cope with this particular change and set their classrooms up for success, it is vital for educators to be aware of and…
Descriptors: Outcome Based Education, Adult Learning, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students
Stevenson, Carolyn N., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
The rising cost of tuition, increasing competition, and mounting student loan debt has caused educational leaders to rethink degree programs and resources for learners. As such, open educational resources, prior learning assessment, open degree plans, and competency-based learning have gained popularity in the field of higher education.…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Prior Learning, Open Educational Resources, Student Evaluation
Ballard, Heidi L.; Belsky, Jill M. – Environmental Education Research, 2010
How can a participatory approach to research promote environmental learning and enhance social-ecological systems resilience? Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to research that its' supporters claim can foster new knowledge, learning, and action to support positive social and environmental change through reorienting the standard…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Action Research, Self Efficacy, Disadvantaged
Power, Paul W. – PRO-ED, Inc., 2006
This book provides an overview of vocational assessment for adults who have disabilities. It covers many tests and various populations encountered by the vocational evaluation professional. In addition to offering basic information for those who will assist clients in the rehabilitation process, this text provides up-to-date information to those…
Descriptors: Guides, Workbooks, Rehabilitation Counseling, Occupational Therapy
Kember, David; Jenkins, Winnie; Ng, Kwok Chi – Studies in Continuing Education, 2004
Students in part-time courses were interviewed about their perceptions of good teaching and tutoring. The perceptions differed markedly between those with reproductive conceptions of learning and students holding self-determining ones. The former preferred didactic teaching but disliked interaction, whereas the latter had almost diametrically…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Teaching Methods, Adult Students
Chafouleas, Sandra; Riley-Tillman, T. Chris; Sugai, George – Guilford Publications, 2007
This book helps school practitioners go beyond putting a label on student behavior problems--it shows how to use assessment to partner with teachers and students to develop effective solutions. The authors provide a framework for determining the types of behavioral data that are needed in a given situation, selecting appropriate measures, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Student Behavior, Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists
Download full textUS Department of Education, 2008
This publication provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law for fiscal year 2008. This reference guide also includes information on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important resources for education. Readers will find funding…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Public Agencies, Federal Aid, Educational Improvement
Caliver, Ambrose; Greene, Ethel G. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1937
In response to many requests for information and references on the education of Negroes, a selected bibliography covering a 3-year period, 1928 to 1930, was issued by the Office of Education in 1931. Since that time similar requests have been so numerous that it seemed appropriate to bring the bibliography up to date, which is the purpose of the…
Descriptors: United States History, Bibliographies, African American Education, Access to Education
