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06 Alan Boyd Knox

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March 19, 1931

Personal Data
Education
Employment
Awards and Honors
Publications
Professional Interest Areas
Major Contributions to Adult Education
Additional Resources
References

Personal Data

Born: March 19, 1931, Albany, NY. Son of Milton B. (Attorney) and Dorothy Gilbo (Director of hospital volunteers)

Married to Linda Kotcher in 1952, 5 children

Education

B.A., Syracuse University, 1952

M.A. Syracuse University, 1953

M.S. Syracuse University, 1955

Ed.D., Syracuse University, 1958

Employment

1953-55	Instructor, Art, Syracuse University,Syracuse, New York
1955-60	Administrator, Adirondack Conference Center, Syracuse University
1960-65	Associate Professor, Adult Education,University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska Director, Office of Adult Education Research
1965-71	Professor, Adult Education, Teachers College,Columbia University, New York
1971-77	Professor, Adult Education, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1973-77	Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Director of Continuing Education and Public Service, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
1981-Present	Professor, Adult Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Wisconsin Chair, Department of Continuing and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Chair, Teaching Academy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin

Awards and Honors

1977 and 80 AEA Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research

1980 Distinguished alumnus award, Syracuse University School of Education

1987 Fulbright Research Grant

1996 Inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame

Membership-Professional Organizations

Chairman, Adult Education Association (AEA) Commission of Professors of Adult Education, 1975-77

First Chairman, AEA Commission on Research

Represented AEA on Joint Committee in cooperation with NAPC, NUEA, and ACHE

Past member AEA Executive Committee

Active in state AEA Associations in New York, Illnois, and Wisconsin

Consultant, UNESCO, Summer 1968

Phi Delta Kappa

Director-at-large, American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), 1982-83

President, AAACE, 1984-85

Editor-in-chief, series on New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1979-84

Intiated Adult Education Research Conference, served as chair, 1959

Publications

1969	Extension Education. Encyclopedia of Educational Research. New York, NY: Macmillan. Continuous Program Evaluation. Administration of Continuing Education, Washington, DC: National Education Association.
1971	In-service Education in Adult Basic Education. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University. Program Evaluation in Adult Basic Education. Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University.
1975	Last Gamble on Education: Dynamics of Adult Basic Education (with J. Mezirow & G. Darkenwald). Washington, DC: Adult Education Association.
1977	Adult Development and Learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
1979 1979	New Directions for Continuing Education (Ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Enhancing Proficiencies of Continuing Educators, Jossey-Bass.
1980 1982	Proficiency Theory of Adult Learning. Contemporary Educational Psychology Journal. Developing, Administering, and Evaluating Adult Education (Ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Leadership Strategies for Meeting New Challenges. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
1986 1988 1993 1996	Helping Adults Learn: A Guide to Planning, Implementing, and Conducting Programs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. International Perspectives on Adult Education, ERIC, 1988. Strengthening Adult and Continuing Education: A Global Perspective on Synergistic Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, (Co-author with Joe Corry). The Wisconsin Idea for the 21st Century. Madison, WI: The Legislative Reference Bureau. Retrieved from http://legis.wisconsin.gov/lrb/pubs/feature/wisidea.pdf
2002	Evaluation for Continuing Education: A Comprehensive Guide to Success. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Professional Interest Areas

Adult Education

Aging

Adult Development and Learning

Public Service and Continuing Education

Research

Functions of Higher Education Institutions

Painting, tennis, skiing, camping, music.

Major Contributions to Adult Education

Consulting editor with Jossey-Bass Publishing 1979

Identified factors that contribute to the decline of problem solving skills with age

Proficiency theory--optimal standards of proficiency related to adult life roles

Prolific writer of over one hundred articles, books and other publications

Research in adult development and learning

Synthesizer of research

Additional Resources

Articles

"Sidelights"Alan B. Knox told Thomson Gale from Contemporary Authors: Biography: "I taught my first adult education course in 1946 and, during the subsequent half-century, my writing, research, teaching, administration, and editing have focused on adult and continuing education. Writing has been central throughout my career" (2004).

"My writings have addressed all aspects of lifelong learning opportunities for adults who study on a part-time or short-term basis. Such opportunities are provided by all types of organizations. Included in these are educational institutions such as schools, community colleges, and universities. Most education programs for adults, however, are provided by enterprises (business, industry, government), labor unions, religious institutions, libraries, museums, associations, and community agencies. The education, training, and extension programs offered by these segments of the broad adult and continuing education field are distinctive. I have consistently emphasized the benefits of sharing and exchange of insights from research and practice across these segments of the field.

"This comparative interest extends to international perspectives, in which analysis of educational programs for adults in other countries can yield both new understandings of other approaches from abroad and deeper comprehension of societal influences on lifelong learning in one's own country."

Photo Gallery

International Adult and Continuing Education

Hall of Fame

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