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Peer reviewedYeshewalul, Ayele; Griffith, William S. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1984
This research examined the effects of government and the university organizational models and of performing regulatory functions on American and Canadian agricultural extension workers' role perception and role performance. (Author/SSH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Extension Agents, Role Conflict, Role Perception
Peer reviewedHuebner, Gerald; Dickson, Andrew T. – Journal of Extension, 1989
Discusses the challenge of educating interest groups in the functioning of government and the policy-making process by examining the initiation and implementation of an agricultural drainage program in Manitoba. Presents guidelines on how Extension workers can operate in such politically difficult situations. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Extension Education, Foreign Countries, Lobbying
Norris, Donna; Pyke, Les H. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1992
Examples of entrepreneurship in open education include (1) Australian courses molded to reflect industry needs; (2) Australian and Canadian rural outreach programs using telecommunications, interactive video, and information technology; and (3) the Institute of New Venture Creation at Australia's Canning Senior College, developed in conjunction…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
PDF pending restorationCanadian Inst. for Adult Education, Montreal (Quebec). – 1969
A bilingual document summarizes 118 Canadian nondegree research studies (both completed and in progress) in adult education in 1968. There are 35 completed studies on adult dropouts, adult educator training, rural extension, secondary education, university extension, apprenticeships, inservice teacher education, residential education, manpower…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Educational Methods
PDF pending restorationDraper, James A.; And Others, Comps. – 1969
This annotated bibliography of adult education degree research in (or concerning) Canada during 1968 and early 1969 embraces 19 completed studies and 30 still in progress. A number of the entries are in French. Data appear, wherever available or applicable, on the degree obtained, institution, date of acceptance of the thesis, statement of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Doctoral Dissertations
VERNER, COOLIE, ED. – 1964
PREPARED UNDER THE SPECIAL EDITORSHIP OF COOLIE VERNER, THIS JOURNAL ISSUE REVIEWS THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF ADULT EDUCATION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA FROM THE LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT, TRACES THE GROWTH OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION DURING THE PERIOD 1915-63, DISCUSSES RECENT TRENDS AND ACTIVITIES IN VOCATIONAL AND NONVOCATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Enrollment Trends, Extension Education
Download full textTaylor, Maurice, Ed.; Bedard, Rene, Ed. – 1992
Among 8 French and 54 English papers in this report are the following: "Marks on Paper" (Andruske); "A Multifaceted Approach to Program Evaluation" (Barabash-Pope et al.); "Marine Incidents and their Prevention through Education" (Boshier); "Exploring Needs of Adult Students in Postsecondary Institutions"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
