Adult Learning articles from December 1999

Adult Learning archives from December 1999

One's Philosophy: How Can You Know You're Doing It, If You Don't Know What "It" Is?(philosophy of adult education)(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... Whenever I encounter the term philosophy, my mind immediately goes to the classes I had to take in college that were part of my general education but you could not figure out what they had to do with preparing me for a career or life. When I...

Philosophy and the Adult Educator.(research)
December 22, 1999... This issue of Adult Learning is devoted to our philosophies of practice. How we, as teachers, facilitators, program planners and managers, operationalize our knowledge of practice through our values and beliefs that help to shape it. Elias and...

Adult Education Philosophy Informs Practice.
December 22, 1999... So, what is "philosophy"? And what does it have to do with adult education the one hand, it seems like a subject for elite academics, far removed from the everyday practices of adult educators. On the other hand, ask any adult educator what the...

Philosophy and the Instructional Process.(instructor's role)
December 22, 1999... Have you ever had a learner come up to you after a class, workshop, seminar or training activity where you were the instructor and ask you why you approach the learning encounter in such a way? I have, many times. While they don't always agree...

Philosophy, Dynamics and Context: Program Planning in Practice.(planning programs for adults)
December 22, 1999... Ever since Tyler (1949) published his curriculum class notes, alternative versions of his questions have been guiding the practice of program planning in adult education. Caffarella's (1994, 1998) interactive model for planning programs...

Philosophy in Program Management.
December 22, 1999... Philosophy keeps me well-informed regarding the direction of my program management decisions. Philosophy also keeps me well-informed and considerate regarding the needs of my staff. To many, such a reliance on philosophy, I know, seems somewhat...

Philosophy is Not a Diagnosis.
December 22, 1999... Being a pragmatic lot, adult educators often ignore philosophical issues, concentrating instead on what works. When we do discuss philosophy at all, it seems to be in terms of individual ideologies, points of view and theories in action,...

Our Philosophy: Are We Really Too Busy To Talk about What We Believe?(Brief Article)
December 22, 1999... My job, like many today in adult education, is extremely varied. I run an extension center in a downtown area for a state university. I manage the facility, the staff, the scheduling of the credit classes, corporate training programs, space...

Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory.(Review)
December 22, 1999... Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory, by Lorraine L. Zinn. Boulder, CO: Lifelong Learning Options, 1999. 36 p. (Copyrights 1983, 1944, 1999. All rights reserved.) I'll readily admit it: I've been a big fan of the Philosophy of Adult...

Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 1: A Project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.(Review)
December 22, 1999... Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 1: A Project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, edited by John Comings, Barbara Garner, and Cristine Smith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers. Hardcover,...

Adult Learning and Development: Multicultural Stories.(Review)
December 22, 1999... Adult Learning and Development: Multicultural Stories, edited by Lisa Baumgartner and Sharan B. Merriam. Malabar, FL: Krieger Publishing Company, 2000. Paper, 292 pages. ISBN 1-57524-097-1. This new book, like several others from Krieger,...