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Stephenson, John, Ed.; Yorke, Mantz, Ed. – 1998
This book, based on higher education practices in the United Kingdom, attempts to synthesize the concept of "educating for capability," which focuses on integrating knowledge, skills, personal qualities, and understanding appropriately and effectively in new and changing circumstances. It seeks to link capability in education with the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Methods, Educational Needs
Cousineau, Claude – 1978
Man answers a natural call for adventure in many ways including escape into fantasy, vertigo seeking, kinetic euphoria, and by exercising the pioneer spirit. Adventure education can help equip people to satisfy their need for adventure in meaningful, enriching ways. A reaction to unsatisfactory educational milieus, adventure education has emerged…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Affective Objectives, Definitions, Educational History
Maraschiello, Richard F.; Prusso, Kenneth W. – 1978
The Prekindergarten Head Start (PKHS) program employed five different instructional models: Bank Street (BS), Behavior Analysis (BA), Montessori (M), Open Classroom (OC), and Responsive Learning (RL). All program components: education, social service, health and nutrition, staff development, and parent involvement performed as expected. Data from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textCohen, Ronald D. – 1975
The Gary, Indiana, public schools, under the supervision of William A. Wirt (1907-1938), were the most written about, analyzed, and praised of any "progressive" school system in the 1920's. Although the system was criticized in a survey made by the Rockefeller Foundation in 1918, Gary, Indiana, schools continued in their progressive mold…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational History, Educational Innovation, Educational Methods
Kulich, Jindra, Ed.; And Others – 1970
Designed especially for relative novices in residential adult education conference and institute work, this annotated bibliography covers 29 books, periodical articles, and book chapters. These items have been chosen for practical application or theoretical significance to the evaluation of program design and content and of learning within…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Classification, Conferences
Adair, J. B., Ed. – 1969
This conference report deals with the roles and objectives of adult basic education in manpower development; educational personnel and technology; educational innovation; and special problems in teaching disadvantaged adults. Office of Education activities involving regional university resource specialists are described, as is the learning center…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Division of Adult Educational Programs, BAVT. – 1972
The U.S. response to a UNESCO Questionnaire issued in preparation for the 3rd World Conference on Adult Education, held in Tokyo, Japan, July 27 to August 8, 1972, is presented. The questionnaire consists of the following five parts: Part I. The Relation of Adult Education to Economic, Social and Political Objectives; Part II. Adult Education in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, American Culture, Conferences, Educational Economics
Charles Univ., Prague (Czechoslovakia). – 1983
A total of 380 articles published during 1981 in 33 Czechoslovakian, Polish, East and West German, Bulgarian, Hungarian, American, British, and Soviet journals are annotated. The bibliography is divided into two main sections. Section 1, on the general didactics of geography, contains listings under the subcategories of didactics of geography,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cartography, Comparative Education, Educational Media
Segal, JoAn S. – 1977
The literature review reported here was conducted to assess the state of knowledge and attitude of those writing about adult learning and education and to determine how terms were used in that body of literature. (The ultimate goal was development of a handbook of descriptors for use in communicating about learning opportunities for adults.) Focus…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
RECTOR, WILLIAM H.; SHAW, MERVILLE C. – 1967
THIS MONOGRAPH PRESENTS TECHNICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION SUPPLEMENTAL TO PREVIOUS PUBLICATIONS CONCERNING THE GENERAL OUTLINE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SCHOOL OPINION SURVEY (SOS), WHICH DELINEATES SIGNIFICANT PARAMETERS OF THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE INTRODUCTION INCLUDES THE GUIDANCE MODEL, THE NEED FOR THE SOS TO HELP PUPIL PERSONNEL…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Environment, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives
Panes, Paul Benjamin – 1968
Aimed at adults reading on a junior high school level, this study developed a series of reading improvement lessons for use with instructional television. Special problems included identifying the desired skills, determining specific instructional methods, and choosing modes of presentation suitable for television. Pertinent data were gathered…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Curriculum Guides
Hartoonian, H. Michael – 1976
Student rights and responsibilities vis-a-vis knowledge (methods of study) and purposes of schooling are dealt with. In the area of knowledge, there are two important ethical concerns: students must be able to pursue truth and students have a right to privacy. Turning to the purposes of schooling, it is clear that in social studies education, the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Methods, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy
Treloar, Donald N. – 1976
In 1969 the Newark, New Jersey, Board of Education began the School Within A School Program for gifted and talented inner-city high school students. The program, offering an eleven-month school year plus five major subjects, uses the resources of business and industry to prepare students for a college education. An advisory board consisting of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Organizations, Community Resources, Cooperative Programs
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Dept. of Educational Administration. – 1970
Presented in two sections, this report consists of recommendations based on goals suggested by the National Advisory Council and the U.S. Office of Education, and the work of a study group organized as appendixes under each of the same goals. The summary of the recommendations revealed that the most frequently encountered problem was the tendency…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Instruction, Coordination
Houle, Cyril O. – 1992
This book presents a comprehensive examination of the nature and scope of the literature on adult education. It includes the historical perspective and interpretation necessary to understand links between the diverse and seemingly separate aspects of the field. The volume describes over 1,200 books, tracing the development of basic theories and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
