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Woodcock, Andree; McDonagh, Deana; Osmond, Jane – Design and Technology Education, 2018
Empathy has been recognised as a key skill by practicing designers. With rapid changes to inclusivity and accessibility in the transport sector, student designers need to appreciate and understand the way in which people of differing abilities are able to engage with and interact with transport. They need to not only develop an understanding of…
Descriptors: Empathy, Older Adults, Users (Information), Undergraduate Students
Swanton, Pauline; Jones, Kip – Adults Learning (England), 2002
The COOL (Community Opportunities for Older Learners) Leicester project os a model for encouraging community partnerships and sharing resources to raise the public profile of older adult learning in a community setting. It is being expanded to a nationwide network in Britain. (JOW)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning
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Coleman, Allin – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de Pedagogie, 1992
Offers a brief overview of preretirement education in the United Kingdom and its meaning in an economy where forced redundancy can bring "retirement" at an early age. Highlights the Coping with Change Model, which focuses on insight into the feelings, issues, choices, and skills relevant to life changes. (DMM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Early Retirement, Foreign Countries, Middle Aged Adults
Nebraska Univ., Lincoln. Dept. of Adult and Continuing Education. – 1982
These proceedings of a conference on research in the field of adult education contain the texts of 40 conference papers and 4 symposia. Included among the areas examined in the individual reports are the following: education participation scale factor structure and correlates for 12,000 learners, a comparative analysis of adult education research…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy