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Imel, Susan; Zengler, Cynthia J. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2002
Ohio's For the Common Good project illustrates the key role of learning in the development of interagency collaborative teams. The learning appeared to be constructivist in nature, with connections to communities of practice and learning communities. (Contains 17 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Human Services
Imel, Susan – 2002
A form of group learning, cohorts, has become increasingly attractive to administrators, instructors, and participants in adult education. Basic academic skills cohort learning supports three types of knowing: instrumental, socializing, and self-authoring; whereas, in higher and adult education cohort learning, the development of critical…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education
Imel, Susan – 1995
Adult educators are recognizing that factors in the learning environment related to psychological, social, and cultural conditions exert a powerful influence on learners' growth and development. Current discussions on learning environments have broadened to include the need to confront issues of sexism and racism, interlocking systems of power and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cultural Context
Imel, Susan – 2001
Theories about adult development have been grouped into four models: biological, psychological, sociocultural, and integrative. Biological models (those that are concerned with how physical changes affect development) and psychological models (those that view development as either sequential--defined by life events-- or as a series of transitions…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Imel, Susan – 2003
Recent research conducted by neurologists and educators shows a strong link between emotion and reason. The role of emotion has been addressed in various ways in the fields of adult education and training, career education and development, and career and technical education (CTE). The term "emotional intelligence" (EI) is generally used…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Affective Behavior, Annotated Bibliographies
Imel, Susan – 1999
When the School-to-Work Opportunities Act (STWOA) was initiated in 1994, it was envisioned as a systematic effort to prepare young people for high-skill, high-wage careers and provide them with the academic instruction and foundation skills needed to pursue postsecondary education and lifelong learning. STWOA called for development of three main…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Legislation
Imel, Susan – 2000
A number of perspectives on adult education are evident in the international literature, with publications from the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education held in Hamburg, Germany, in July 1997, a particularly rich source of information. A clear trend in the conference and the documents it produced was the critical importance of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Imel, Susan – 1990
Environmentalism has become a part of the culture, and environmentalists now constitute a major social movement. The solutions to many current environmental problems require a local or national response, but solutions to other problems will require a global response. Major United Nations reports have recognized that solving global environmental…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Conservation (Environment), Continuing Education, Ecology
Imel, Susan – 1998
Approximately 15% (7.6 million) of the estimated 50.6 million U.S. citizens who browse the World Wide Web are aged 50 or older, and 30% of adults aged 55-75 own a computer. Although many older adults initially log on to the Internet as a means of connecting with friends and family, they quickly learn that it is also a valuable source of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Literacy
Imel, Susan – 1996
In an effort to shift the focus of employment programs from unemployment to reemployment, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is funding the development and implementation of a one-stop employment system. The DOL has largely left states free to design their one-stop systems provided programs have these features: (1) universality, (2) customer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Career Centers
Imel, Susan – 2002
In adult education, the term "accelerated learning" (AL) is usually associated with programs designed to meet the needs of adult learners whose many commitments prevent them from participating in traditional programs. Within the field of training and development, however, AL identifies an approach to learning that is multidimensional in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Acceleration (Education), Adoption (Ideas)
Imel, Susan – 2001
Various economic, technology-related, and other factors have converged to serve as a catalyst for the emergence of workers who consider themselves free agents. Estimates of the number of free agent workers range from 12.9 to 25 million. Individual free agent workers may take widely varying approaches to their careers; however, all have taken…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Development, Career Education, Consultants
Imel, Susan; Kerka, Sandra; Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
To assist career education and career development practitioners in helping students use occupational information, this Practitioner File begins by discussing the role of occupational information in career decision making. The next section addresses considerations and concerns in using online information such as user proficiency, quality of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education
Imel, Susan – 1999
Three areas of the literature on adult learning showing recent activity are transformative learning (TL), adult learning related to technology, and collaborative/group learning. Recent publications on TL include a critical review of the literature, discussion of TL's relationship to adult development, and description of TL in practice.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Annotated Bibliographies, Cooperative Learning
Imel, Susan – 2002
Metacognition refers to the ability of learners to be aware of and monitor their learning processes. Cognitive skills are those needed to perform a task, whereas metacognitive skills are necessary to understand how it was performed. Metacognitive skills are generally divided into two types: self-assessment (the ability to assess one's own…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies