Resources on Adult Learners, Adult Education, & Lifelong Learning Across Settings
(Including Basic Skills, Vocational Training, Postsecondary, Workplace Learning, and Continuing Education)
ORGANIZATIONS
Academic, Professional, Governmental, & Public Service Agencies & Associations
- US Dept. of Education Office of Vocational and Adult Education
- American Society for Training and Development
- American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
- Council for Basic Education
- National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
- National School-to-Work Learning Center
- National Center for Research in Vocational Education
- National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators
- Learning Resources Network (LERN): Training and Consulting in Lifelong Learning
- Lifelong Learning in the UK
- Raising Quality and Achievement Programme: Supporting the Further Education Sector in the UK
- National Grid for Learning in the UK
LAWS, REGULATIONS, STANDARDS, and ETHICS
Resources for Compliance with Mandates and Standards Set by Governmental Regulatory Agencies and Professional Boards
- Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998
- Code of Federal Regulations: Vocational and Technical Education
- School-to-Work Opportunities Act of 1994
- Credentialing Adult Educators in Illinois
- Credentialing Adult Educators in Illinois: Notes From the Field
THEORY-RESEARCH-PRACTICE
Full-Text & Scholarly Articles, Academic Treatises, Professional Commentaries, Graduate Level Student Critiques, etc.
Psychological Foundations of Adult Education
- Educational Psychology for Teachers of Adults
- Cognitive Psychology and Adult Learning
- Developmental Psychology: Adulthood Intelligence & Creativity
Adult Development and Adult Learning Theory --See also Development of Self-Control and Self-Regulation and Executive Functions
- Adult Learner Population in Higher Ed
- Cognitive Functioning in Early Adulthood
- Characteristics of the Adult Learner Compared to the Younger Learner
- Adult Learning Theory
- Principles of Adult Learning Theory
- Learner Characteristics and Instructional Design
- Adult/Continuing Education: Essential Guide to Optimal Learning
- How Adults Learn
- Adult Learning: An Overview
- Three Underdeveloped Models for Adult Learning
- Guidelines for Working with Adult Learners
- Adult Learning Theory: Implications for Distance Education
Andragogy --See also Teaching Methods for Adult Learners
- Teaching Adults: Is It Different?
- 30 Things We Know for Sure about Adult Learning
- Education in the 20th Century: 1970 Malcolm Knowles
- Mager's Criterion Referenced Instruction
- From Behaviorism to Humanism: Incorporating Self-direction in Learning Concepts into the Instructional Design Process
Experiental Learning
- David A. Kolb on Experiential Learning
- What Is Kolb's Model of Experiential Education and Where Does It Come From?
- Experiential Learning Articles and Critiques of David Kolb's Theory
Adult Learning Styles, Motivation, and Problem-Based Learning
- Adult Learning Styles and Learning Style Preferences (Kolb and Gardner)
- Strategies to Enhance Adult Motivation to Learn
- Problem Based Learning Initiative
- Problem Based Learning
Adult Education
- Adult Education in Practice: Highlights from the Research
- Adult Education FAQs
- Situated Learning in Adult Education
- Learning to Control Democratically: Ethical Questions in Situated Adult Education
- Contextual Teaching and Learning
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
Learning and the Workplace
- Preparing for the Workplace: Charting A Course for Federal Postsecondary Training Policy
- Office
of Learning Technologies/Human Resources Development Canada: Final Report
on the Online Forum on Workplace Learning Centres
- Workplace Learning Help Desk: Articles & Extracts
- Workplace Learning Conference in Chicago, 2001
Vocational Teacher Education
- Vocational Teacher Education at Our Nation's Colleges and Universities: Assumptions and Limitations of the Data
- Vocational Teacher Education Reform
Encouraging Life-Long Learning: International Perspectives
- Lifelong Learning: Are We Encouraging It in Our Courses? --University of Western Australian
- Opportunity Scotland: A Paper on Lifelong Learning --The Scottish Office
RESOURCES
Topic-Specific Resources and Additional WWW Links
- Honolulu Community College Teaching Tips Index
- The Adult in Higher Education: Online Resources
- Adult Education, Community Education, Lifelong Learning, and Continuing Education --Numerous Web Resources
- Resources in Adult Learning Theory
- Adult Learning Theory: A Resource Guide
- Adult Education Resources on the Web
- Adult Education Resources
- Adult Education Teacher Inquiry Projects and Related Research Resources
- Adult Education Teacher's Connections
- Happy Teachers Technical and Vocational Education Curriculum Network
- School-to-Work Resources for Educators
- Lifelong Learning
- Lifelong Learning Online
SEARCH ENGINES
Topic-Related Engines for Searching the Internet
- ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS/ONLINE MEDIA
Full-Text & Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Journals
- AERA Division J: Postsecondary Education Newsletter
- Focus on Basics: Publication of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
- Australian Journal of Adult Learning
- Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education
- Journal of Vocational Education Research
- Journal of Career and Technical Education
- Reports and Studies Online: How Adults Learn
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Instructional and Assistive Technologies for Teaching and Learning across Contexts, Ages, and Abilities
- US Dept. of Education Community Technology Centers
- Adult Learning Theory: Implications for Distance Education
- Distance Education Online Resources
- University of Phoenix Online and Distance Education for Working Adults
- Northeast Center for Telecommunications Technologies
- The Center for Democracy and Technology
- Literacy Online
- Older Adults and Learning Technology Project
- SeniorNet: Computers and Internet Education for Seniors and Older Adults
- Assistive Technology: Meeting the Needs of Adults with Learning Disabilities
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