Annual Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings (36th, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 19-21, 1995).

Overview & Synopsis

These proceedings contain 54 papers and an abstract of a panel discussion on women's issues in adult education that were presented at a conference on adult education research. The following are among the papers included: "Reducing Dropout in Distance Education" (Belawati); "Examination of the Validity of the Education Participation Scale (EPS) and Adult Attitudes toward Continuing Education Scale (AACES)" (Blunt, Yang); "Imaginary Institution of Adult Education" (Briton); "Myth of Self-directed Work Teams and the Ineffectiveness of Team Effectiveness Training" (Brooks); "Participatory Literacy Practices" (Campbell); "Seeing Is Believing" (Carriere); "Remapping Adult Education" (Collard); "Examining the Case for Class Analysis in Adult Education Research" (Collins, Collard); "Use of Learning Strategies" (Conti, Kolody); "U.S. Educational Policy and Adult Education" (Cunningham); "Identification, Assessment and Implications of an Organization's Learning System for the Practice of Adult Education in Organizational Settings" (Davis, Ziegler); "Perceptions of Adult Literacy Policy and Practice" (Dilworth); "Use of Reflection-in-Action by Adult Educators" (Ferry); "Adult Women's Learning in Higher Education" (Flannery, Hayes); "Intuition in Adult Education" (Garrison); "Pictures, Perspectives, Profiles" (Grace, Plumb); "Toward a Level Playing Field" (Hansman-Ferguson, Garofolo); "Recent Strategic Planning Decisions by the University of Alberta and Their Implications for Its Faculty of Extension" (Haughey); "Media, Technology, and Literacy in Immigrant and Multicultural Contexts" (Hemphill, Ianiro, Raffa); "Fugitive and Codified Knowledge" (Hill); "Britain's Forgotten Minister of Adult Education" (Holford); "Do Universities Support Multiple Role Women Students?" (Home); "A New Model of SLA (Second Language Acquisition) and Its Implications in Teaching ESL (English as a Second Language) to Adult Learners" (Hu); "Collegiate Involvement from an Adult Undergraduate Perspective" (Kasworm); "Power and Planning in Environmental Education" (McDonald et al.); "Social Definitional Approach to the Crisis of Literacy" (Melichar); "Effects of Institutional Context on Critical Thinking in the Workplace" (Mishoe); "Community-Based Organizations and Mainstream Educational Change" (Podeschi); "Racial Formation in the Reporting of Canadian Immigration" (Schick); and"Significance of Including the Lived Experiences of African Americans in Adult Basic Education Curriculum and Planning" (Sheared). Many papers include substantial bibliographies. (MN)