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Direct linkBoulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Tam, Maureen – Educational Gerontology, 2018
There has not been ample recent research on teaching older adults. However, as described below, there is mounting research in how and why older adults want to learn. This brief discussion is derived from work undertaken for a workshop in Hong Kong on issues in teaching older adults. It combines recent research on learning and teaching in higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Older Adults, Adult Education
Chan, Benjamin Tak-Yuen – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2010
This article explores the role of adult and continuing education practitioners in Hong Kong as a function of contexts and conceptions of practice. A historical evolutionary approach is used to analyze how roles of practitioners differ in three periods--adult education, continuing education, and lifelong learning. It is revealed that practitioners…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education
Download full textHAYGOOD, NOREEN, ED.; LIVERIGHT, A.S., ED. – 1968
A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK IS PRESENTED AND IS APPLIED TO NATIONAL REPORTS ON ADULT EDUCATION IN FIVE COUNTRIES. THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS FEATURE COMPONENTS OF THE FRAMEWORK AND DETAILED DATA ON THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL SCENE IN CANADA, HONG KONG, INDIA, ISRAEL, SUDAN, THE UNITED STATES, THE UNITED KINGDOM, PUERTO RICO, AND YUGOSLAVIA. CHAPTER 3 THROUGH 7…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Classification
Tait, Alan, Ed.; Mills, Roger, Ed. – 2003
This book contains 16 papers on learner support in distance education in an international context. The following papers are included: "Constructivism or Confucianism? We Have the Technology, Now What Shall We Do With It?" (Louise Aylward); "Exploring Informal Study Groups in a South African Teacher Education Programme" (Carol…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Change Strategies
