FRAMEWORK FOR AN ADULT EDUCATION THESAURUS

DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT HEADINGS

 

The following is a suggested framework for organizing terms related to adult education. This grew out of work completed by the Syracuse University Kellogg Project.
                                  

00  GENERAL - 3 or more Descriptive Subject Headings
01  ACCREDITATION - continuing education unit (CEU) - special degrees -
                     credits - certification
04  ADMINISTRATION - management

12  AGENCIES - organizations - sponsors

16  COMMUNICATIONS - dissemination

20  COMPARATIVE

24  COUNSELING - personal - tests

28  EVALUATION

32  FINANCES - budgeting

36  FOUNDATIONS - definitions - assumptions - rights - freedom - philosophy -
                  theories

40  FUTURES

44  HISTORY

48  INSTRUCTION - methods - material s - facilities - equipment

50  INTERNATIONAL

52  LEARNING - psychology - motivation

56  LEGISLATION

60  POLICY/PLANNING

62  PROGRAMS

64  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT - needs - objectives

68   PUBLIC RELATIONS - promotion - marketing

72   RESEARCH - publications

76   RESOURCES - print and non-print

80   STATISTICS

82   STUDENTS - adults - learners - characteristics

84   TEACHERS - faculty - program administrators - staff

88   TRENDS

93   ACQUISITION LISTS

95   NEWSLETTERS

97   INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS OF ADULTS


                        Description of Headings

00  GENERAL - 3 or more Descriptive Subject Headings

01  ACCREDITATION (Resources in this category) pertain to governmental,
          organizational, institutional and/or programmatic methods of
          approval.   Recognition of such as maintaining standards for
          offering credit for courses and certification for training.

04  ADMINISTRATION (Resources in this category) pertain to the organization,
          agencies and programs.

12  AGENCIES (Resources in this category) pertain to an administrative
          establishment which sponsors and acts for specific organizations
          concerned with adult and continuing education.

16  COMMUNICATIONS (Resources in this category) pertain to methods and
          techniques of information dissemination.

20  COMPARATIVE (Resources in this category) pertain to comparative studies
          in adult education at both national and international levels.

24  COUNSELING (Resources in this category) pertain to methods and techniques
          of professional guidance for adults by continuing education
          personnel and staff.   Included are methods and instructions
          for testing and evaluation.

28  EVALUATION (Resources in this category) pertain to methods and techniques
          to determine significance or worth of adult and continuing education
          programs.

32  FINANCES (Resources in this category) pertain to the money or other
          capital resources and budgeting of adult and continuing education
          programs.

36  FOUNDATIONS (Resources in this category) pertain to the psychological,
          sociological, and anthropological backgrounds of and demographic
          studies on adult and continuing education.   Also, resources included
          related to the philosophy, theories, definitions and assumptions
          about adult education.

40  FUTURES (Resources in this category) pertain to projections and
          predictions in adult and continuing education.

44  HISTORY (Resources in this category) pertain to chronological record
          of significant events in the field of adult and continuing
          education.

48  INSTRUCTION (Resources in this category) pertain to methods, techniques,
         materials and facilities designed for imparting knowledge.

50  INTERNATIONAL (Resources in this category) pertain to information about
         adult education in countries outside of the United States.

52  LEARNING (Resources in this category) pertain to the psychology,
         physiology and theories of adult learning

56  LEGISLATION (Resources in this category) pertain to laws, regulations
         and statutes designed or intended to effect adult and continuing
         education by local, state, federal governments.   Also relates to
         international organizations.

60  POLICY/PLANNING (Resources in this category) pertain to policies and
         plans of governmental and non-governmental decisions about adult
         and continuing education.

62  PROGRAMS (Resources in this category) pertain to specific curricula,
         syllabus, plans and operation of adult and continuing education
         activities.

64  PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (Resources in this category) pertain to the
         identification of learning needs through needs assessments and
         the subsequent development and implementation of education programs
         and evaluation.  Also included are the principles and procedures
         of curriculum development, design and evaluation.

68  PUBLIC RELATIONS (Resources in this category) pertain to the promotion
         and publicity of programs to achieve a degree of understanding
         and goodwill.

72  RESEARCH (Resources in this category) pertain to methods and techniques
         of inquiry, investigation and experimentation used in the study of
         adult and continuing education.   In addition, this category
         includes findings and practical applications of theories related
         to adult and continuing education.

76  RESOURCES (Resources in this category) pertain to human and physical
         sources and guides to the accessing these sources.   Materials in
         this category include print and non-print items such as annotated
         bibliographies, reading lists, films and tapes which may be used
         by adult and continuing education personnel.

80  STATISTICS (Resources in this category) pertain to collection, analysis,
         interpretation of demographic and financial data on adult and
         continuing education.

82  STUDENTS (Resources in this category) pertain to the recruitment,
         retention and characteristics of adult students.

84  TEACHERS (Resources in this category) pertain to characteristics of
         issues related to adult and continuing education teachers and
         facilitators.

88  TRENDS (Resources in this category) pertain to current developments,
         issues and general movements related to adult and continuing
         education.

93  ACQUISITION LISTS (Resources in this category) pertain to lists of
         books, monographs and other items which are periodically prepared
         by libraries, documentation and other centers.

95  NEWSLETTERS (Resources in this category) contain newsletters which cover
         topics related to adult education.   It includes some periodicals
         not listed, at present, in the Periodical section of Bird Library.

97  INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS OF ADULTS (Resources
         in this category) are the references cited in the International
         Handbook.


                           DESCRIPTIVE SUBJECT HEADINGS
                                With Sub Headings

EDUCATION ADULT:

   01   ACCREDITATION - (CEU - Special Degrees - credits - certification)
   04   ADMINISTRATION
   12   AGENCIES
        12A.  GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
              12A.  10 International
              12A.  15 Regional
              12A.  20 National
              12A.  25 State
              12A.  30 Local
        12B.  NON-GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES
              12B.  10 Arts Councils
              12B.  15 Business and Civic Organizations
              12B.  20 Charitable and Non-Profit Foundations
              12B.  25 Churches and Synagogues
              12B.  30 Communications Media
              12B.  40 Community Organizations
              12B.  41 Charitable Groups
              12B.  42 Fraternal Organizations
              12B.  43 Political Parties
              12B.  44 Service Clubs
              12B.  45 Special Interest Groups
              12B.  46 Trade Associations
              12B.  50 Labor Unions
              12B.  60 Non-charitable Foundations
              12B.  70 Private Schools
              12B.  75 Public Schools
              12B.  80 Professional Societies
              12B.  90 Universities and Colleges
              12B.  91 Junior Colleges
              12B.  92 Museums
              12B.  93 Libraries
              12B.  94 Cultural
              12B.  95 Educational and Life Counseling
              12B.  96 Research Institutes
              12B.  97 Non-collegiate Continuing Education
        12C.  INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
              12C.  10 Governmental
              12C.  20 Non-governmental
   16   COMMUNICATIONS
   20   COMPARATIVE
        20A. GENERAL
        20B. NATIONAL
        2OC. International
   44   HISTORY
   48   INSTRUCTION - materials - facilities - methods
   50   INTERNATIONAL
        50 General - 2 or more countries
        5OA. COUNTRIES (World Almanac 1986, p. 627)
          5OAA 10.  Afghanistan
          5OAA 15.  Albania
          5OAA 20.  Algeria
          5OAA 25.  Angola
          5OAA 30.  Antigua and Barbuda
          5OAA 35.  Argentina
          5OAA 40.  Australia
          5OAA 45.  Austria
          5OAB 10.  Bahamas
          5OAB 15.  Bahrain
          5OAB 20.  Bangladesh
          5OAB 25.  Barbados
          5OAB 30.  Belgium
          5OAB 35.  Belize
          5OAB 40.  Benin
          5OAB 45.  Bhutan
          5OAB 50.  Bolivia
          5OAB 55.  Botswana
          5OAB 60.  Brazil
          5OAB 65.  Brunei
          5OAB 70.  Bulgaria
          5OAB 75.  Burkina Faso
          5OAB 80.  Burma
          5OAB 85.  Burundi
          5OAB 90.  Byelorussia
          5OAC 10.  Cambodia (Kampuchea)
          5OAC 15.  Cameroon
          5OAC 20.  Canada
          5OAC 25.  Cape Verde
          5OAC 30.  Central Afr. Rep.
          5OAC 35.  Chad
          5OAC 40.  Chile
          5OAC 45.  China
          5OAC 50.  Colombia
          5OAC 55.  Comoros
          5OAC 60.  Congo
          5OAC 65.  Costa Rica
          5OAC 70.  Cuba
          5OAC 75.  Cyprus
          5OAC 80.  Czechoslovakia
          5OAD 10.  Denmark
          5OAD 15.  Djibouti
          5OAD 20.  Dominica
          5OAD 25.  Dominican Rep.
          5OAE 10.  Ecuador
          5OAE 15.  Egypt
          5OAE 20.  El Salvador
          5OAE 25.  Equatorial Guinea
          5OAE 30.  Ethiopia
          5OAF 10.  Fiji
          5OAF 15.  Finland
          5OAF 20.  France
          5OAG 10.  Gabon
          5OAG 15.  Gambia
          5OAG 20.  Germany, East
          5OAG 25.  Germany, West
          5OAG 30.  Ghana
          5OAG 35.  Greece
          5OAG 40.  Grenada
          5OAG 45.  Guatemala
          5OAG 55.  Guinea-Bissau
          5OAG 60.  Guyana
          5OAH 10.  Haiti
          5OAH 15.  Honduras
          5OAH 20.  Hungary
          5OAI 10.  Iceland
          5OAI 15.  India
          5OAI 20.  Indonesia
          5OAI 25.  Iran
          5OAI 30.  Iraq
          5OAI 35.  Ireland
          5OAI 40.  Israel
          5OAI 45.  Italy
          5OAI 50.  Ivory Coast
          5OAJ 10.  Jamaica
          5OAJ 15.  Japan
          5OAJ 20.  Jordan
          5OAK 10.  Kenya
          5OAK 15.  Kuwait
          5OAL 10.  Laos
          5OAL 15.  Lebanon
          5OAL 20.  Lesotho
          5OAL 25.  Liberia
          5OAL 3O.  Libya
          5OAL 35.  Luxembourg
          5OAM 10.  Madagascar
          5OAM 15.  Malawi
          5OAM 20.  Malaysia
          5OAM 25.  Maldives
          5OAM 30.  Mali
          5OAM 40.  Malta
          5OAM 45.  Mauritania
          5OAM 50.  Mauritius
          5OAM 55.  Mexico
          5OAM 60.  Mongolia
          5OAM 65.  Morocco
          5OAM 70.  Mozambique
          5OAN 10.  Nepal
          5OAN 15.  Netherlands
          50AN 20.  New  Zealand
          5OAN 25.  Nicaragua
          5OAN 30.  Niger
          5OAN 35.  Nigeria
          5OAN 40.  Norway
          50A0 10.  Oman
          5OAP 10.  Pakistan
          5OAP 15.  Panama
          5OAP 20.  Papua New Guinea
          5OAP 25.  Paraguay
          5OAP 30.  Peru
          5OAP 35.  Philippines
          5OAP 40.  Poland
          5OAP 45.  Portugal
          5OAQ 10.  Qatar
          5OAR 10.  Romania
          5OAR 15.  Rwanda
          5OAS 10.  Saint Christopher & N
          5OAS 15.  Saint Lucia
          5OAS 20.  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
          5OAS 25.  Samoa (Western)
          5OAS 30.  Sao Tome e Principe
          5OAS 35.  Saudi Arabia
          5OAS 40.  Senegal
          5OAS 45.  Seychelles
          5OAS 50.  Sierra Leone
          5OAS 55.  Singapore
          5OAS 60.  Solomon Islands
          5OAS 65.  Somalia
          5OAS 70.  South Africa
          5OAS 75.  Spain
          5OAS 80.  Sri Lanka
          5OAS 85.  Sudan
          5OAS 90.  Suriname
          5OAS 95.  Swaziland
          5OAS 100. Sweden
          5OAS 110. Syria
          5OAT  10. Tanzania
          5OAT  15. Thailand
          5OAT  20. Togo
          5OAT  25. Trinidad & Tobago
          5OAT  30. Tunisia
          5OAT  35. Turkey
          5OAU  10. Uganda
          5OAU  15. Ukraine
          5OAU  20. USSR
          5OAU  25. United Arab Emirates
          5OAU  30. United Kingdom
          5OAU  35. United States
          5OAU  40. Uruguay
          5OAV  10. Vanuatu
          5OAV  15. Venezuela
          5OAV  20. Vietnam
          5OAY  10. Yemen
          5OAY  15. Yemen, South
          5OAY  20. Yugoslavia
          5OAZ  10. Zaire
          5OAZ  15. Zambia
          5OAZ  20. Zimbabwe
    50B.  ORGANIZATIONS
          50B.  Commonwealth
          50B.  Council of Europe
          50B.  European Bureau of Adult Education
          50B.  European Community
          50B.  International Congress of University Adult Education
          50B.  International Council of Adult Education
          50B.  Organization of Economic and Cultural Development
          50B.  United Nations
          50B.  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
                  Organization
52    LEGISLATION - policy
60    POLICY/PLANNING
62    PROGRAMS
      62D.  5 Conferences
      62D.  10 Adult Basic Education
62 PROGRAMS
   The programs pamphlets are arranged this way in the pamphlet cabinets
   even though Charters arranged them by number (those numbers close
   together being related)
  
  10 Adult Basic Education       83 Lifelong Learning
  59 Aging                       33 Linguistics
  21 Agricultural Education      13 Literary Instruction
  51 Art                         69 Nutrition
  31 Bilingual/Bicultural        40 Occupational and Vocational Education
  79 Career Education            84 Open University
  52 Child Care                  32 Other Language as a Second Language
  71 Community Education         77 Population
   5 Conferences                 58 Professional
  53 Consumer Education          76 Public Broadcasting
  20 Cooperative Extension       75 Recreation
  64 Correctional                72 Religious
  63 Disadvantaged               68 Residential
  11 Educ. Opport.--Grants       60 Retirement
  61  Employment                 80 Rural Education
  30 English as a Second Lang.   57 Safety
  78 Environmental               50 Subjects
  54 Family Education(parents)   34 TESOL
  12 General Educ. Develop.(GED) 41 Training and Development
  66 Handicapped                 70 Women
  55 Health Education            74 Youth
  65 Higher                      22 Home Economics
  73 Immigrant                   81 Industrial
  82 International               67 Labor
  62 Leisure

   62D.  11 Education Opportunity (basic) - Grants
   62D.  12 General Education Development (GED)
   62D.  13 Literacy Instruction
   62D.  20 Cooperative Extension
   62D.  21 Agricultural  Education
   62D.  22 Home Economics
   62D.  30 English as a Second Language
   62D.  31 Bilingual/Bicultural
   62D.  32 Other Languages as a Second Language
   62D.  33 Linguistics
   62D.  34 TESOL
   62D.  40 Occupational and Vocational Education
   62D.  41 Training and Development
   62D.  50 Subjects
   62D.  51 Art
   62D.  52 Child Care
   62D.  53 Consumer Education
   62D.  54 Family Education (Parents)
   62D.  55 Health Education
   62D.  56 Nutrition
   62D.  57 Safety
   62D.  58 Professional
   62D.  59 Aging
   62D.  60 Retirement
   62D.  61 Employment
   62D.  62 Leisure
   62D.  63 Disadvantaged
   62D.  64 Correctional
   62D.  65 Higher
   62D.  66 Handicapped
   62D.  67 Labor
   62D.  68 Residential
   62D.  69 Migrants
   62D.  70 Women
   62D.  71 Community Education
   62D.  72 Religious
   62D.  73 Immigrant
   62D.  74 Youth
   62D.  75 Recreation
   62D.  76 Public Broadcasting
   62D.  77 Population
   62D.  78 Environmental
   62D.  79 Career Education
   62D.  80 Rural Education
   62D.  81  Industrial
   62D.  82 International
   62D.  83 Lifelong Learning
   62D.  84 Open University

64   PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT - needs - objectives
68   PUBLIC RELATIONS
72   RESEARCH - problem solving
76   RESOURCES - publications
80   STATISTICS
82   STUDENTS
84   TEACHERS
88   TRENDS
93   ACQUISITION LISTS
       93-005     UNESCO Institute for Education - Awareness List
       93-010     Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries
                  (CESO) - Acquisition List
       93-015     UNESCO, Co-operative Educational Abstracting Service (CEAS)
       93-025     The University of Georgia, Georgia Center for Continuing
                  Education Library - Selected Acquisitions
       93-030     The University of Liverpool, Institute of Extension Studies -
                  Additions to the Adult Education Library
       93-035     Council of Europe - Publications and Documents in Adult
                  Education
       93-040     Montclair State College, National Adult Education
                  Clearinghouse - Alerting Service - New Acquisitions
       93-045     Open University, International  Documentation Centre on
                  Distance Learning - New Accessions List
       93-050     University of Reading, Literacy Documentation Service -
                  Literacy Documents

95     NEWSLETTERS
97     INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS OF ADULTS
       97-1.      GENERAL CONCERNS REGARDING RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS OF
                  ADULTS
       97-II.     CONFERENCES/MEETINGS/SYMPOSIA/SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS ON
                  RESOURCES AND INFORMATION RESOURCES
       97-III.    INFORMATION ORGANIZATIONS
       97-IV.     CATEGORIES OF RESOURCES
                  97-IV-A.  Print
                  97-IV-B.  Media
                  97-IV-C.  Data Base Systems
                  97-IV-D.  Professional Personnel
                  97-IV-E.  Associations/Organizations
                  97-IV-F.  Professional Development
       97-V.      LOCATION OF RESOURCES
                  97-VI-A.  Libraries
                  97-VI-B.  Adult Education Agencies
                  97-VI-C.  Associations and Organizations
       97-VI.     SUPPORT SERVICES
                  97-VI-A.  Classification Schemes
                  97-VI-B.  Equipment/Facilities
                  97-VI-C.  Finances/Grants
                  97-VI-D.  Publishers
                  97-VI-E.  Evaluation
                  97-VI-F.  Awards/Recognition
                  97-VI-G.  Availability/Accessibility