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Adult and Higher Education Resources


The Adult and Higher Education program at Western is designed to prepare both entry level and advanced practitioners for work with adults in any institution which sponsors educational, social or human services activities. The program investigates the issues related to learning theory and adulthood, including project management, training and development, lifelong learning and adult teaching. Due to its broad nature, the materials are located in various areas throughout the collection.

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Library of Congress Subject Headings to use in the library catalog:

Adult education

Adult learning

Counseling in adult education

Adult education teachers

Continuing education

Motivation in adult education

Related Subject Headings:

Adult college students

Distance education

Voluntarism

Communication in management

Open learning

Volunteer

Community colleges

Reading (Adult education)

Continuing education centers

Television in adult education



Reference Books
  • Education for older adult learning : a selected, annotated bibliography / Greenberg, Reva M.
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5257 .G74 1993
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  • Encyclopedia of distributed learning
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5211 .E52 2004
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  • Handbook of adult and continuing education
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5215 .H245 2000
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  • An international dictionary of adult and continuing education / Jarvis, Peter, 1937-
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5211 .J37 1990
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  • Interdisciplinary handbook of adult lifespan learning
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5225.L42 I58 1994
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  • International encyclopedia of adult education and training
    Location: Haggard 2 -Reference LC5215 .I586 1996
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Journals
  • Canadian journal for the study of adult education = La revue canadienne pour l'etude de l'education des adultes
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Web Sites/Online Texts
  • Learning and Teaching
    Three linked sites exloring learning and teaching in college, adult and professional education.
Organizations E-Mail List

If you are a non-traditional student or work with nontrads, you can subscribe to a listserv called NONTRAD and connect with students and professionals worldwide. To join, send a message to listserv@ecumail7.ecu.edu, skip the subject line and in the body of the message type:  "subscribe nontrad [your name]"



For More Help
Contact a reference specialist or a librarian at the Reference Desk, Haggard 2.  Leza Madsen, Librarian for Adult Education, is available at x7583 or by email at Leza.Madsen@wwu.edu
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