206
Views
3
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Creative Approaches to Raising Achievement of Adult Learners in English Further Education

Pages 173-181 | Published online: 03 Aug 2010

  • AINLEY , P. and BAILEY , B. 1997 . The Business of Learning: Staff and Student Experiences of Further Education in the 1990s , London : Cassell .
  • AUDIT COMMISSION/OFSTED . 1993 . Unfinished Business: Full-time Educational Courses for 16-19 Year Olds , London : HMSO .
  • BARWUAH , A. and GREEN , M. 1997 . Additional support, retention and guidance in urban colleges , London : FEDA .
  • BLOOMER , M.S. and HODKINSON , P. 1997 . Moving into FE: the voice of the learner , London : FEDA .
  • CACKOWSKI , Z. 1969 . A creative Problem Solving Process . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 3 (3) : 185 – 193 .
  • CHANDHARI , V.S. 1975 . Questioning and Creative Teaching: A Research Perspective . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 9 (1) : 30 – 34 .
  • COPE , R.S. and HANNAH , W. 1975 . Revolving College Doors: the causes and consequences of dropping out, stopping out, and transferring , NY : John Wiley & Sons Inc. .
  • CURZON , L.B. 1997 . Teaching in Further Education: An outline of principles and practice , London : Cassell Education .
  • DACEY , J. , MADAUS , G. and ALLEN , A. 1969 . The Relationship of Creativity and Intelligence in Irish Adolescents . British Journal of Educational Psychology , 39 (1) : 261 – 266 .
  • DAVIS , P. , MULLANEY , L. and SPARKES , P. 1998 . Improving GNVQ retention and completion , London : FEDA .
  • DFEE . 1999a . Learning to Succeed: A new framework for post-16 learning , London : DfEE .
  • DFEE . 1999b . All Our Futures: Creativity, Culture and Education, National Advisory Committee on Creativity, Culture and Education , London : DfEE .
  • DRUCKENFIELD , M. 1999 . The Performance of At-Risk Youths And Tutors , South Carolina, , USA : National Dropout Prevention Centre, Clemson University .
  • FEFC . 1999 . Further Education Funding Council Benchmarking Data for 1995-96 to 1997-1998: Retention and achievement rates in further education colleges in England , Coventry, , England : FEFC .
  • FEU . 1987 . Creative and Arts Activities in Further Education , London : Further Education Unit . a discussion paper
  • FEU . 1993 . Paying their way: The experiences of adult learners in vocational education and training in FE colleges , London : Further Education Unit .
  • FIELDPNG , A. , BELFIELD , C.R. and THOMAS , H.R. 1998 . The Consequences of Dropouts on the Cost-effectiveness of 16-19 colleges . Oxford Review of Education , 24 (4) : 487 – 511 .
  • FONTANA , D. 1995 . Psychology for Teachers , (3rd edn) , London : Macmillan Publishers .
  • GOODALE , A.R. 1970 . Methods for Encouraging Creativity in the Classroom . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 4 (2) : 91 – 102 .
  • GREENBERG , D.J. 1999 . How Do We Value Teaching? Voices of the students . National Teaching and Learning Forum , 8 (2)
  • GUARDIAN EDUCATION . 1999 . 'The numbers game' by MOONEY, T. . Guardian , 6 April : 13
  • HUGHES , K.H. 1969 . The Enhancement of Creativity . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 3 (2) : 73 – 83 .
  • INDEPENDENT . 1999 . 'FE results unacceptably low, say MPs' . Independent , 7 August : 6
  • IPD SURVEY 2 . 1998 . Recruitment , London : Institute of Personnel and Development .
  • IRVING , A.B. and PARKER-KENKINS , M. 1995 . Tackling truancy: an examination of persistent non-attendance amongst disaffected school pupils and positive support strategies . Cambridge Journal of Education , 25 (2) : 225 – 235 .
  • JAMES , D. 1999 . “ A creative approach to teaching methods ” . In The Creative Professional , Edited by: ASHCROFT , K. and JAMES , D. London : Palmer Press .
  • JONES , D. 1978 . Teaching arts to adults . Adult Education , 51 (1) : 13 – 20 .
  • LABELLE , B. 1974 . Creative Problem-Solving Techniques in Nursing . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 8 (1) : 55 – 66 .
  • LOBUTS , F.J. JR and PENNEWILL , C.L. 1984 . Do we dare restructure the classroom environment? . Journal of Creative Behaviour , 18 (4) : 237 – 246 .
  • LONGHURST , J.R. 1999 . Why Aren't They Here? Student absenteeism in a further education college . Journal of Further and Higher Education , 23 (1) : 61 – 80 .
  • MARTINTZ , P. 1995 . Student retention in further and adult education: the evidence, Mendip Papers , London : FEDA .
  • MAYCHELL , K. , EVANS , C. , BROOKES , R. , LEE , B. and PATHAK , S. 1997 . “ Leaving at 16--a study of factors affecting young people's decision to leave full-time education (NFER) ” .
  • MAYER , E.R. 1989 . Cognitive Views of Creativity: creative teaching for creative learning . Contemporary Educational Psychology , 14 : 203 – 211 .
  • McGIVNEY , V. 1996 . Staying or Leaving the Course: Non-Completion and Retention of Mature Students in Further and Higher Education , Leicester : NIACE .
  • MONTGOMERY , D. 1997 . Teaching Teachers for Creativity . High Ability Studies , 8 (1) : 79 – 93 .
  • NICKERSON , S. R. 1999 . “ Enhancing Creativity ” . In Handbook of Creativity , Edited by: STERNBERG , R.J. Cambridge : Cambridge Press .
  • OECD . 1995 . Learning Beyond Schooling: New Forms of Supply and New Demands , Paris, , France : Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development .
  • OGUNLEYE , J. 1999 . Fostering employee creativity: the key to job success . Training Journal , November : 34 – 35 . Cambridgeshire, England, Penman Publication
  • OGUNLEYE , J. Teachers' perceptions of creativity in the further education curriculum . a Paper presented at Further Education Research Network . December 11-13 2000 . England : University of Warwick .
  • OGUNLEYE , J. 2000b . Facilitating Creativity in Further Education: A Key To Improving Retention In 16-19 Full-Time Courses . Goldsmiths Journal of Education , 2 (2) : 13 – 24 .
  • OLCZAK , S. and SESSLER , R. 2000 . “ House Organization: Sustaining School Improvement--Matching Outcomes To the Vision ” . Oregon, , USA : Reynolds High School .
  • PARNELL , D. 1997 . Connecting learning to real world produces excellence . Greenville News , May 19 1997, www.droupoutprevention.org/feature/feat.htm
  • SELTZER , K. and BENTLEY , T. 1999 . the Creative age: knowledge and skills for the new economy , London : DEMOS .
  • UDDEN , T. 1996 . Widening Participation: Routes to a Learning Society--a policy discussion paper , Leicester, , England : NIACE .
  • WEISBERG , R.W. 1999 . “ Creativity and Knowledge: A Challenge to Theories ” . In Handbook of Creativity , Edited by: STERNBERG , R.J. Cambridge : Cambridge Press .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.