Mature Adult Learners and the Need to Know.

Autor/in	Ansello, Edward F.
Titel	Mature Adult Learners and the Need to Know.
Quelle	(1980), (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Adult Development; Adult Education; Adult Learning; College Programs; Demography; Educational Psychology; Lifelong Learning; Noncredit Courses; Nontraditional Students; Population Trends; Postsecondary Education; Research Needs; Sociocultural Patterns; State of the Art Reviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Erwachsenwerden; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Studienprogramm; Demografie; Erziehungspsychologie; Pädagogische Psychologie; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Bevölkerungsprognose; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Forschungsbedarf; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Entwicklungsstand
Abstract	Educational psychology, being part of the youth-oriented education system, has neglected adult development and learning phenomena. Recent major socio-cultural changes challenge the discipline's youth orientation while simultaneously offering opportunities for significant research, teaching and service, and for fertile dialectic within the higher education communities. There have been large-scale changes in national demographics as the once youthful American population grows older. Progressive declines in birthrates accompanied by greater prospects for longevity make the continuation of the traditional youth orientation in higher education less tenable. Several elements have contributed to a definition of higher education which is less youth-oriented: (1) institutional closings, (2) the fading of degree program enrollments, (3) a surge in part-time students, (4) the increasing role of non-credit courses, (5) the growth of non-collegiate postsecondary schools, and (6) the changing profile of the learner in higher education. New conceptions of adult development and the substantiation of life-long learning also indicate a need for research regarding the older learner. (Author/NRB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01