DOCUMENT RESUME ED 427 180 CE 078 051 AUTHOR Polson, Cheryl J., Ed.; Schied, Fred M., Ed. TITLE Challenge and Change. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (Nashville, Tennessee, November 4-5, 1994). INSTITUTION Commission of Professors of Adult Education. PUB DATE 1994-11-00 NOTE 181p. PUB TYPE Collected Works Proceedings (021)-- Reports Research (143) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC08 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adult Basic Education; *Adult Education; Adult Educators; *Adult Learning; Change Strategies; Continuing Education; Distance Education; Educational Change; *Educational Needs; Educational Policy; Educational Research; Educational Theories; Educational Trends; Ethics; Foreign Countries; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; International Cooperation; *Lifelong Learning; Literacy Education; Needs Assessment; Questionnaires; Research Methodology; Role of Education; *Schools of Education; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Theory Practice Relationship; Trend Analysis; Womens Education ABSTRACT This conference proceedings includes the following papers: "Professors of Adult Education, Colleges of Education, and the Transformation of the Research University" (Common); "The Future of Adult Education" (Wisniewski); "Adult Education's Prospects in a Post-University World" (Smith); "Whither the University--Whither Academic Adult Education?" (Guy); "Lifelong Learning" (Amstutz); "Adult Education Courses, Certificates, and Degrees through Distance Education" (Cookson); "Good Cop, Bad Cop" (Burnaby); "Afterthoughts" (Peterson); "Critical Pedagogy in Practice" (Schied); "Critical Theory" (DeArrudah); "Practitioner Inquiry as Adult Literacy Staff Development" (Drennon); "What Should We Do with the HRD SIG (Human Resources Development Special Interest Group) and Its Membership?" (Paprock, Boulmetis, Londoner); "Instructional Improvement SIG Overview" (Beaudin, Slusarski); "The Aging, Learning and Work Quiz" (Galbraith); "Development and Use of the Instructional Perspectives Inventory in Graduate Adult Education" (Henschke); "The 'Philosophy of Adult Education Inventory(c) '(Zinn, 1983)" (Zinn); "Using Small Learning Groups in Graduate Education" (McElhinney, Murk); "Description of a Task Completed by a Small Learning Group" (McElhinney); "A Grant Writing Case--Using Small Groups" (Murk); "Technology Demonstration, Discussion, and Overview" (Bersch, McIntosh); "International Adult Education Cooperation and Exchange Revisited" (Cookson); "Women, Literacy, and Development" (Cassara); "International Adult Education and the University of Wyoming" (Sherritt); "Cooperation, Collaboration, and Networking" (Boucouvalas); "Institutional Publication Productivity in Selected Adult Education Journals" [abstract of presentation](Rachal, Sargent); "Perceptions Resulting from the Creation of the RE/ACE (Research and Evaluation/Adult and Continuing Education) Dissertation Register" [abstract of presentation] (Mason, Lifvendahl); "Ethical Issues in Conducting Adult Education Research" [abstract of presentation] (Ferro, Dean); "Meeting the Challenges, Making Changes: Reflections of the 1994 CPAE (Commission of +++++ ED427180 Has Multi-page SFR---Level=1 +++++ Professors of Adult Education) Conference" (Slusarski). Appended are the following: minutes of the CPAE business meeting; 1994 annual report of doctorates conferred in adult education; Roger DeCrow William Rainey Harper Memorial International Classification System of Adult Continuing Education RE/ACE Dissertation Registry Project, 1994; and participant list. (MN) ******************************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ******************************************************************************** 00 Ch !lenge and C"ANGE Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference Commission of Professors of Adult Education U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Ojflce of Educational Research end Improvement EtJCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) IP This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. CI Minor changes have heen made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this November 4-5, 1994 document do not necessarily represent official OERI positior. or policy. Nashville, Tennessee PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY BEST COPYAVAIIABLE TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Challenge and Change Proceedings of the 1994 Annual Conference Commission of Professors of Adult Education November 4-5, 1994 Nashville, Tennessee Editors Cheryl J. Polson Fred M. Schied Associate Professor Assistant Professor Foundations & Adult Education Adult Education Kansas State University Penn State University 3 1994 CPAE Executive Committee Ralph Brockett, Chair University of Tennessee, Knoxville Carol Kasworm, Chair-Elect University of Tennessee, Knoxville Charlotte Farr, University of Wyoming Annette Greenland, University of North Carolina, Charlotte Cheryl Polson, Kansas State University Allan Quigley, Penn State University Fred Schied, Penn State University The 1994 Annual Conference of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE) was held November 4-5 at the Stouffer Nashville Hotel in conjunction with the Annual Conference of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) PREFACE The 1994 Annual Conference of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education was in many ways the culmination of discussions held at the 1992 and 1993 meetings. The sense that the field is in a state of crises echoed throughout the previous conferences. The 1994 meeting sought to go beyond identifying potential strategies that adult education graduate programs need to adopt in order to survive and prosper in these postmodern times. Reverberating throughout the 1994 conference was the notion that not just adult education but all of higher education, especially Colleges of Education, are undergoing profound structural changes. Adult education, numerous speakers pointed out, can no longer afford to remain isolated from the larger development in graduate education. The opening panel consisting of a provost, a dean of a college of education, and a department chair provided conference participants with radically different visions of the future and the direction academic adult education needs to take in order to remain viable as a field of study. The panel set the tone for much of the discussion at the rest of the conference. These proceedings are meant to reflect those discussions. Each speaker was asked to provide a summary of their remarks. In addition, several conference participants were asked to reflect on the various conference discussions and presentations. The editors believe that the summaries and reflections provide an excellent overview of the state of the field in 1994 and, we believe, will be useful to adult educators seeking to take the pulse of the academic adult education circa 1994. In keeping with past practices, the proceedings have been organized chronologically, thus giving the reader some sense of the flow of the conference. The appendices provide information on the business aspects of the CPAE, including minutes of the business meeting, treasurer's report, and list of participants. The editors wish to express their thanks to those who contributed manuscripts and to Cam Inge lin for her assistance and patience in typing much of the following proceedings. The quality of Cam's work made the task of compiling these proceedings manageable. Appreciation is also extended to the staff of Kansas State University's College of Education Copy Center who was responsible for producing the proceedings. The Editors Cheryl J. Polson Fred M. Schied Kansas State University Penn State University CONTENTS Page Preface Contents A Tribute to Andrew Hendrickson Irwin Jahns, Florida State University 1 A Tribute to Penelope Louise Richardson Judith Cope, California State University 2 OPENING PANEL CHALLENGE AND CHANGE IN THE POSTMODERN ERA FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AND COLLEGES OF EDUCATION Professors of Adult Education, Colleges of Education and the Transformation of the Research University Diane Common, University of Regina 4 The Future of Adult Education Richard Wisniewski, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 12 Adult Education's Prospects in a Post-University World L. Glenn Smith, Northern Illinois University 16 Reflections on the Opening Panel Whither the UniversityWhither Academic Adult Education? Talmadge C. Guy, University of Georgia 24 CPAE PANEL CONNECTING TO CHANGE ON OUR CAMPUSES Lifelong Learning: Adult Education's Role in the University of Wyoming's Teacher Preparation Program Donna Amstutz, University of Wyoming 30 Adult Education Research and its Relationship with Educational Research Sharan Merriam, University of Georgia (No summary provided) Adult Education Courses, Certificates, and Degrees through Distance Education Peter Cookson, Penn State University 35 Good Cop, Bad Cop: Academic Policy in Ontario Barbara Burnaby, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 41 Reflections on the CPAE Panel Afterthoughts Elizabeth A. Peterson, University of South Carolina 48 6 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS Critical Theory Critical Theory: Applications in the Field Critical Pedagogy in Practice: Adult Education and the Representation of Culture Fred M. Schied, Penn State University 52 Critical Theory: Applications in the Adult Continuing Education