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Swindell, Rick – Online Submission, 2009
A rapidly ageing population has given rise to many innovative later life learning programs that engage older adults in the kinds of activities that are associated with successful ageing. Experts of all kinds retire and retired expert volunteers would seem to be the best people to run learning programs for other retirees. One of the best known…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Educational Innovation, Lifelong Learning
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Yau, Hon Keung; Cheng, Alison Lai Fong – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2010
Organisational defensive patterns, including skilled incompetence, organisational defensive routines and fancy footwork, are considered to be a hindrance to effective learning and innovation capacity building in all organisations. The purpose of this research is to investigate: 1) the perceptions of the influence of organisational defensive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Communication, Innovation, Questionnaires
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Liu, Pui Lee – Professional Development in Education, 2009
The primary focus of this study is the use of portfolio development in an in-service teacher education course that aimed to help primary school teachers develop a better understanding of, and ability to implement, an innovative teaching approach--namely, task-based learning (TBL)--in Chinese language. It explores the impact of portfolio…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Education Courses, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries