Lifelong learning at its best innovative practices in adult credit programs
"Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners - in a study directed by a prestigious panel of educational and business leaders - William Maehl details educational strategies that have been most successful with adult learners across the nation. Using examples fr...
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San Francisco, Calif.
Jossey-Bass
1999
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| Series: | Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
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| Call Number : | LC 5251 .M29 1999 |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Lifelong learning at its best |b innovative practices in adult credit programs |c William H. Maehl ; foreword by Morton Bahr |
| 260 | |a San Francisco, Calif. |b Jossey-Bass |c 1999 | ||
| 300 | |a xxv, 357 p. |c 24 cm | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series | |
| 500 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Meeting the nation's need for lifelong learning -- The challenge to postsecondary education from an expanding pool of learners -- Toward models of good practice -- Innovative responses to learner needs -- Individualization and self-directed learning -- Learner-centered design -- Competence-based focus -- Opportunities for advanced professional development -- Strategies and approaches to program implementation -- Collaborative relationships among providers -- Customizing programs to sponsors' needs -- Sustaining and renewing successful programs -- Summary of best practices and future trends in adult credit programs | |
| 520 | |a "Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners - in a study directed by a prestigious panel of educational and business leaders - William Maehl details educational strategies that have been most successful with adult learners across the nation. Using examples from settings as diverse as Georgetown University and Toyota, Maehl describes a wide range of winning program models that illustrate the goals of lifelong learning in practice. Organized under such key learning objectives as competence, collaboration, and self-directedness, these success stories reveal the specific instructional, organizational, financial, and other program components that make the greatest difference in learning outcomes."--Jacket. | ||
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