Adult Learning articles from June 2003

Adult Learning archives from June 2003

Correction notice.(Correction notice)
June 22, 2003... The last Issue of Adult Learning was incorrectly dated. It should have read: Adult Learning, Volume 14, Number 2 Spring 2003.

Introduction.(graduate equivalent degree )
June 22, 2003... "I didn't know that many GED grads went on to college." "I was surprised to see how committed the GED grads were to furthering their education." "We need to get the word out about life after the GED!" These are just some of the...

GED grads in college: building awareness.(graduate equivalent degree)
June 22, 2003... What do GED students do after they graduate? According to the research, many of them go on to postsecondary education, a report in Change (The GED, 1989) noted that the number of GED graduates planning some kind of postsecondary education...

Academic challenges.(graduate equivalency degree)
June 22, 2003... Many individuals across the globe perceive college education as a path to improving their standard of living. Educators in postsecondary institutions generally demand high school education as a sine qua non to entering their institutions. In...

Non-academic challenges faced by GED scholars: a report of the GED scholars initiative.
June 22, 2003... Which came first--the chicken or the egg? Studies of high school dropouts have tended to focus on two constructs: the social characteristics of dropouts and the academic characteristics of dropouts (Lee & Burkam, 2003). Of course, as the years...

Self-efficacy: how does it influence academic success?(general educational development tests)
June 22, 2003... Colleges and universities today are not only serving traditional high school graduates, but also students who have earned a General Educational Development (GED) diploma. Through the GED tests, individuals who did not complete high school or...

Facilitating transformative learning groups: reflections on Mexico and highlander.
June 22, 2003... Introduction In the mid 1990s, the authors participated in two trips to learn about facilitating group transformative learning in differing cultural contexts. The first trip was to Guanajuato, Mexico, in order to engage in the systematic...

Natural settings, restorative environments, and adult learning.
June 22, 2003... Lisa, a weekend workshop participant at the Omega Institute, a residential retreat center, described her reaction to the wooded campus located in rural upstate New York: The setting is very, very important. I mean, that really is a...

Placing John Ohliger in his proper historical context.(adult educator)(Biography)
June 22, 2003... John Ohliger will be remembered as one of history's great adult educators for his unending fight against mandatory continuing education and as adult education's most prolific and articulate bibliographer. Yet, his position in history is so much...

How (not) to hire a researcher on contract: five lessons learned the hard way.
June 22, 2003... In 2002, a colleague and I hired a researcher for a project funded by the Government of Canada. We had 25 years of combined experience with various non-profit agencies that had successfully completed comparable studies, and we approached the...

Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams.(Book review)
June 22, 2003... Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams, by Alfred Lubrano. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003. ISBN 0-471-26376-1. Hardcover, 256 pages. Limbo: Blue-Collar Roots, White-Collar Dreams is a journey into the shadowy world of class,...

Finding Our Way: A Guide for Adult Educators.(Book review)
June 22, 2003... Finding Our Way: A Guide for Adult Educators, by Patricia Cranton. Toronto: Wall & Emerson, 2003. ISBN 1-895131-23-5. Paperback, 273 pages. Patricia Cranton melds her knowledge, expertise, and experience in the classroom into a guide to...

Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning: World Review of Distance Education and Open Learning, vol. 3.(Book review)
June 22, 2003... Teacher Education Through Open and Distance Learning: World Review of Distance Education and Open Learning, Volume 3, edited by Bernadette Robinson and Colin Latchem. New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer, 2003. ISBN 0-415-36956-8. Paperback, 251...

Learning to Teach Adults: An Introduction.(Book review)
June 22, 2003... Learning to Teach Adults: An Introduction, by Nicholas Corder. New York: RoutledgeFalmer, 2002. ISBN 0-415-27638-1. Paperback, 184 pages. Nicholas Corder, author of Learning to Teach Adults and an adult educator with 20 years' experience in...

Future direction for future effort.(American Association for Adult and Continuing Education)
June 22, 2003... Three years ago, AAACE initiated a futures effort. Because the broad scope of the association parallels the entire field, the Futures topics, activities, and results have been wide ranging with an emphasis on collaboration. The coming year will...