Proceedings of the Annual Adult Education Research Conference (30th, Madison, Wisconsin, April 27-29, 1989).

Overview & Synopsis

Among the 59 papers are: "Comparisons in Performance of Adults and High School Seniors on the 1988 Tests of General Educational Development (GED)" (Baldwin, Whitney); "Research Writing" (Baskett, Garrison); "Popular Education in Latin America" (Beder); "Framework for the Study of Ethical Issues in Adult Education" (Brockett, Kasworm); "Cognition in Adulthood" (Caffarella, Loehr, Hosick); "Framework for Effective Practice in Adult Education" (Cervero); "Women's Leadership Style" (Cheng); "Some Critical Thinking about Critical Theory and Its Relevance for Adult Education Practice" (Collins, Plumb); "Using Individual Differences to Design a Typology of Learning Styles" (Conti, Fellenz); "Evaluation of Extension Noncredit Short Courses Using a Follow-Up Assignment Technique (Cooper, Shearon); "Structural Dimensions of British Attitudes toward Adult Education" (Darkenwald); "Adult Education and Autobiography" (Dawson); "Mythological Motifs of Differentiation and Individuation in an Adult Learning Group" (Dirkx); "Subject of Modern Adult Education" (Finger); "Eduard Lindeman, the Social Gospel, and Adult Education" (Fisher); "Collaborative Teaching-Learning Mode: Health Education Professors and Adult Learning Principles (Freeland); "Identifying Determinants of Commitment to Teaching and Turnover Behavior" (Grady); "Collaborative Mode, Instructor Characteristics, and Student Retention" (Graham); "Antonio Gramsci's Concept of Organic Intellectualism and the Politics of Adult Education" (Hommen); "Adult Education for Social Transformation" (Law); "Examining New Paradigms for Workplace Learning" (Marsick); "Study of the Effect of Parents' Participation in Adult Education Program on Their Children's Completion of High School" (Mason, Williams); "Assessing the Relevance of Selected Learning Objectives to Adult Education Practice in Tanzania" (Mgulambwa); "Typology of Educator-Learner Relationships in Open Learning Programs" (Munro); "Study of Age, Gender, and Undergraduate Major as Predictors of Success in Adult Second Language Learning" (Nolan); "Adult Education and Works of the Imagination" (Pittman, Ohliger); "Culture and Learning" (Pratt); "Social Policy and Adult Education" (Quigley); "Research and Practice Trends in Education and Aging" (Rogers, Brockett); "Adult Basic Educators' Perceptions of Learning Disabilities" (Ross, Smith); "Women Speak about Their Learning Experiences in Higher Education" (Saul); "The Measurement of Cognitive Ability in Adult Basic Education" (Valentine, Ehringhaus); "Literacy Students' Perceptions of Successful Participation in Adult Education" (Van Tilburg, DuBois); "Self-Directed Career Development Has Professional and Personal Potential" (Zeph); and "Low-Readers' Perceptions of Education" (Ziegahn). (CML)