Career development programs must identify occupational needs of adults. A model based on Maslow's hierarchy develops occupational questions related to individual motivations (physiology, safety, love, esteem, and self-actualization). Individual needs are then compared with characteristics and benefits of proposed jobs, companies, or careers. (SK)

Students can markedly enhance their learning if they are prepared to take initiative in choosing learning goals and methods. They do so best if encouraged to be self-directing and acquire the skills for clarifying goals, finding resources, selecting learning tasks, and appraising progress as they go. (Author/MLW)

In 1999, the Committee on Lifelong Learning of the Ministry of Learning in Alberta, Canada, conducted a series of consultations on lifelong learning to identify ways of helping adults return to learning to improve their employment potential and realize their career goals. The committee received input from more than 450 Albertans in 14 rural and…