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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Table of Contents:
- 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