Adult Learning articles from September 2002

Adult Learning archives from September 2002

A field-wide vision.
September 22, 2002... Each of us who provides educational opportunities for adults thinks about future directions. We realize that choices we make today can affect such directions. Our influence on emerging trends can be enhanced by a shared vision among...

Forging a new mission: implications from the experiences of antecedent national associations.
September 22, 2002... In the past 75 years, three national associations have attempted to give direction to adult education: the American Association for Adult Education (AAAE) from 1926-1951, the Adult Education Association of the USA (AEA) from 1951-1982, and the...

Civic engagement.
September 22, 2002... Adult education about public issues is an important part of our tradition that has been shrinking in recent decades. The following example of local collaboration on behalf of civic engagement illustrates an approach that could be emulated...

Moving from forums for the people to forums by the people.
September 22, 2002... For more than 20 years, thousands of people around the world have participated in civic forums for public deliberation. Initially the issues were "named" and "framed" with tremendous support and guidance from the Charles F. Kettering...

Developing older adults as community leaders.
September 22, 2002... The "graying of America," a now familiar term, refers to the fact that more people are living longer than ever before in recorded history. Regrettably, this astounding demographic revolution has raised countless concerns about how to provide...

Continuing professional education: creating the future.
September 22, 2002... The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created--created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are...

Blurring the boxes: why and how.
September 22, 2002... Attention to future directions is valuable at several levels: field, provider, and learning group. This article explores ways in which the teaching-learning transaction can address future directions through valuing reflection, diversity; and...

Community benefits.
September 22, 2002... As indicated in this Futures issue of Adult Learning, the current effort to strengthen the field of adult and continuing education has great promise. The initiatives involving collaboration, the focus on public issues, continuing professional...

International adult education: past, present, and into the future.
September 22, 2002... International adult education, like the term lifelong learning, is an idea that dates to antiquity. The seminal idea of the Olympics, for example, was to create a space for international understanding, where athletes as well as literary...

New realities that frame our futures efforts today.(Personal Reflections)
September 22, 2002... This reflections column is also the concluding article in this special issue on Future Directions. The following reflections indicate my view of the new realities that frame our futures efforts today. One feature of the past half-century...

Coady of Novia Scotia: organizer and educator of fishermen.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Little Mosie from the Margaree: A Biography of Moses Michael Coady, by Michael R. Welton. Toronto: Thompson Educational Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1-55077-122-1. Paper, 280 pages. In this fine life-and-times biography, Michael Welton chronicles...

The Virtual Student: a Profile and Guide to Working with Online Learners.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... The Virtual Student: A Profile and Guide to Working with Online Learners, by Rena M. Palloff and Keith Pratt. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003 ISBN 0-7879-6474-3. Paper, 224 pages. Who are typical online learners, and what are their needs,...

Managing and Developing People in the Virtual Organization.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Managing and Developing People in the Virtual Organization, by Deborah Lavin Colky, Michael T. Colky, and William H. Young III. Malabar, FL: Krieger. 2002. ISBN 1-57524-080-7. Hardcover, 118 pages. Virtual organizations are not new, but...

Qualitative research in practice: Examples for discussion and analysis.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Qualitative research in practice: Examples for discussion and analysis, by Sharan B. Merriam & Associates. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, (2002). ISBN 0-7879-5895-6. Paper, 439 pages. Like many adults, I gave up a career to go to graduate...