Research Catalog

Title

Developing resourceful humans : adult education within the economic context / edited by Lynn Elen Burton.

Publication

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

Burton, Lynn Elen, 1946-

Description

xvi, 227 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Uniform Title

International perspectives on adult and continuing education

Subject

• Adult education > Economic aspects > Canada
• Economic development > Effect of education on
• Human capital
• Workforce
• Adult education > Economic aspects
• Erwachsenenbildung
• Bildungsökonomie
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Wirtschaft
• Volwasseneneducatie
• Human Capital
• ressources humaines > études diverses
• éducation des adultes > études diverses
• développement économique > éducation > études diverses
• Canada
• Kanada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Human resource development : a historical perspective / Kjell Rubenson. Commentary / Hans Schutze -- Human capital : a high-yield investment / Anthony Patrick Carnevale. Commentary / Arthur Cordell -- Education for a changing world / Erik Solem. Commentary / Frank Feather -- Wilted flowers : the demographic imperative / Nicole Morgan. Commentary / Elisabeth Gerver -- Women, work, and learning / Linda MacDonald. Commentary / Linda Sweet -- We cannot afford to waste a single mind : adult literacy and basic education / Maurice Taylor. Commentary / Stuart Smith -- Learning in communities / Stephen Brookfield. Commentary / Teresa MacNeil -- Continuing education and unemployment / Derek Portwood. Commentary / Dale Shuttleworth -- Higher education partnerships : practices, policies, and problems / Gerard G. Gold and Ivan Charner. Commentary / Beverly Witter Du Gas.

ISBN

• 0415001218
• 9780415001212

LCCN

91045393

OCLC

• ocm25026481
• 25026481
• SCSB-2035462

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library