Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series) - Hardcover

Maehl, William H.

 
9780787946036: Lifelong Learning at Its Best: Innovative Practices in Adult Credit Programs (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0787946036 ISBN 13: 9780787946036
Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1999

Synopsis

"A must-read for anyone in higher education, human resourcedevelopment, or adult education. This impeccably researched bookreflects an encyclopedic and intimate knowledge of innovative adulthigher education programs and provides an impressive historicalcontext for such programs. It will be a classic sourcebook foranyone in the field."

--Howard Y. Williams, professor emeritus, Human ResourceDevelopment and Adult Education, University of Minnesota

"A comprehensive, careful, and compelling study of adult learnersand learning today. Lifelong Learning at Its Best demonstrates whyeducation--from cradle to grave--is so important to our society incoping with the demands of burgeoning technology, addressing globalcompetition, and recognizing the need for ongoing job retraining.It should be required reading for leaders in education, businessand industry, and policymaking."

--C. Wayne Williams, president, Regents College

It is widely accepted that lifelong competency in today's worldrequires lifelong learning. Schools, colleges, and workplaces haveresponded to this new reality by implementing educational andtraining programs. But which programs really work?

Drawing from data gathered by the Commission for a Nation ofLifelong Learners--in a study directed by prestigious educationaland business leaders--William Maehl offers strategies that havebeen most successful with adult learners across the nation. FromGeorgetown University to Toyota, he describes winning programmodels and all their components. Organized under such key learningobjectives as competence, collaboration, and self-directedness,these success stories reveal the specific instructional,organizational, financial, and other program components that makethe greatest difference in learning outcomes. For staff attemptingto improve existing programs or for teams building new ones, thisresource has all the practical ideas you need to design effectivesolutions.

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About the Author

WILLIAM H. MAEHL is principal investigator of the Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners and president emeritus of the Fielding Institute.

From the Back Cover

The Education Strategies That Really Work with Adult LearnersBased on a national study funded by the Kellogg Foundation, Lifelong Learning at Its Best examines over thirty of the most successful adult learning programs in the country-and details the kinds of education and training that have proved most effective in keeping the U.S. workforce competitive. The success stories in this indispensable resource reflect best practices for making a difference in adult learning outcomes.

From the Inside Flap

The Education Strategies That Really Work with Adult LearnersBased on a national study funded by the Kellogg Foundation, Lifelong Learning at Its Best examines over thirty of the most successful adult learning programs in the country-and details the kinds of education and training that have proved most effective in keeping the U.S. workforce competitive. The success stories in this indispensable resource reflect best practices for making a difference in adult learning outcomes.

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Publisher
Jossey-Bass
Publication date
1999
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0787946036
ISBN 13 
9780787946036
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
384