Methods of preparing for and conducting an adult education program evaluation are discussed: using standards and quality indicators, involving stakeholders, collecting program information, conducting a self-evaluation, and participating in the exit interview. (SK)

Adult education in such settings as higher education, workplaces, and community-based organizations demand new approaches to accountability. The process involves answering such questions as What is learning? Who are the stakeholders? When should accountability be examined? For what are program managers accountable? and What tools and strategies…

Describes seven types of administrators whose management and leadership practices are rooted in liberal, behaviorist, progressive, humanist, radical, transformationalist, and cognitivist philosophies (SK)

Racism and sexism have economic impacts in terms of pay differentials and occupational segregation. They affect educational outcomes in terms of achievement and the relationship between education and occupational outcomes. Racism and sexism are perpetuated through individual beliefs and behavior and institutional policies and practices. (SK)

"Universal" theories imply that a single group represents everyone. Universality in adult education theories about motivation and adult learning perpetuates racism and sexism and should be challenged through alternative perspectives for knowledge building. (SK)

A womanist perspective on adult education seeks to give voice to all. It is based on the following: concrete experience is a criterion of meaning; dialog is the basis for assessing knowledge claims; an ethic of caring emphasizes individual uniqueness; and an ethic of personal accountability guides teaching and learning. (SK)

Racism and sexism persist in adult education because of discrepancies between language and behavior, lack of experience of other cultures, and faith in institutional practice. Staff development to combat them includes questioning, mentoring, peer coaching, and critical self-reflection. (SK)

Racism affects recruitment and retention of African American faculty and students and excludes Africentric content from graduate curricula. These issues must be addressed in adult education before societal racism can be confronted. (SK)

Racism and sexism are apparent in adult education in the composition of graduate faculty, curriculum content, and faculty-student interactions. Only by challenging power relations in graduate programs can racism and sexism in the professionalization of adult education be addressed. (SK)

A personal agenda for changing racism and sexism includes awareness, acknowledgment, commitment, understanding and valuing diversity, self-awareness, reflection, affective learning, and behavior change. On the professional agenda are changes in teaching practices, clarification of goals and values, staff development, community collaboration, and…

A framework for examining the effectiveness of different types of educational computing environments addresses the conceptual characteristics of the knowledge domain being learned and the learner's stage of knowledge. Characteristics of certain technology-based learning environments (computer-based drill, intelligent tutoring systems, hypertext)…

Discussion of the use of virtual reality in higher education looks at how this emerging computer-based technology can promote learning that engages all seven forms of intelligence proposed in H. Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Technical and conceptual issues in implementation of virtual reality in education are also examined.…

The Genetics Construction Kit is a computer-based learning tool that simulates the phenomena of classical transmission genetics. Its construction kit approach lets users set the parameters of the problem sets to be generated. The program has been used extensively in science education research and curriculum development. (Author/MSE)

Literature on the influence of computers on learning in formal classroom and informal out-of-school contexts is reviewed, and the primary policy considerations in diffusion of computer-based educational technology are examined. The article suggests that the boundaries between formal and informal learning environments can be overcome with…

A system to monitor student reactions to what is occurring on a computer screen is described. The system produces a split-screen image of the computer screen and the student's physical (facial and bodily) and verbal responses. It was developed to help improve an independent-study prototype for a finance course at Pennsylvania State University.…