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72 Robert M Smith

Page history last edited by Waynne James 10 years, 11 months ago

March 14, 1925 - April 7, 1995


 



 

Personal Data

 

Married:                May 18, 1946 to Patricia Wolf

Children:               2

 

Education

 

1947                             Bachelor’s in Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin

1950                             Masters in Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin

1950                             University of Toulouse, France

1953                             Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Indiana University

 

 

Employment

 

1953-1961

Professor, Adult Education, Indiana University

1961-1963

 

1963-1965

Adult Education Advisor, Liberia

 

Professor, Adult Education, Indiana University

1965-1967

Adult Education Advisor, Nigeria

1968-1974

Director of the University Center for Continuing Education, Wayne State University and Michigan University

1974-1991

Professor, Adult Education, Northern Illinois University

1991-1995

Retirement, death

 

Awards and Honors

 

1970                            Senior editor, Handbook of Adult Education

1983                            First Annual Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult Education

                                    Co-editor of Adult Education

 

Membership-Professional Organizations

 

Commission of Professors of Adult Education

AAACE 

 

Publications

 

1965

The relationship of creativity to social class.

1965

Congenital blindness as an instance of sensory deprivation, implications for rehabilitation.  With Netsworth, J. T.

1965

Adult Education in Liberia.

1968

Teacher diagnosis of educational difficulties.

1969

Some problems of and prospects for research in metal retardation.  With Neisworth, J.  Journal of Mental Retardation, 7(1), 25-8.

1969

The meaning of variability for program planning.  Teaching Except Child, 1(3), 83-7.

1969

Collecting diagnostic data in the classroom.  Teaching Except Children, 1(4), 128-33.

1969

Some uses of participation training.  Adult Leadership, 18(3), 77-78.

1970

Handbook of Adult Education.

1971

 

 

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1997

 

The Administration of Human Relations and Sensitivity Training. 

Communication Variables Appropriate to Gaming and Simulation. (ED073490)

A Systems Analysis of the Current Debate Controversy.  With Harris, T. E. Journal of the American Forensic Association, 9(3), 355-60.

Toward measurement of human problem solving in simulations.

Uses of written tests in the basic course.

Case Study of a Programming Failure. Adult Leadership, 22(8), 266,284.

The Nature of Kansas High School Debate Programs: A Survey.   Kansas Speech Journal, 35(3) p14-25.

Choice of Influence as a Function of Degree of Conflict Within a Hierarchy.

 

Case Study of a Programming Success Based on a Failure.  With Lacy, C. L.   Adult Leadership, 25(4), 113-115.

Learning How to Learn in Adult Education. Information Series No. 10.

Adult Learning: Issues and Innovations. Information Series No. 8.

Adult Basic Education in Illinois (EJ169157).  With Lopez, N.  Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1(2), 24-7, 31.

Toward a Theory of Learning How to Learn (EJ173050).  With Haverkamp, K.  Adult Education, 28(1), 3-21.

Contemporary Theories of Oral Communication: A Collection of Abstracts, Critical Literature Reviews, and Experiments in the Study of Communication.

The University and Part-Time Faculty: An Interdependent Relationship.

Analysis of Organizational Communication Audit Consulting Techniques: The Educational Organization.

External Evaluations--Survival Tactics. Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 4(10), 20-21, 27.

Profile of U.S.C. Entering Freshmen, Fall, 1981. Research Notes No. 39-82.   With Fidler, Paul P.

Learning How to Learn.  Open university press:  Buckingham mk

Self-Directed Staff Development for ABE Teachers: A Case Study.  With Bowes, S. Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 10(2) p80-89.

Developing Models and Systems for Merit Salary Administration.  ACA Bulletin, Number 70 p25-30.

Learning To Learn across the Life Span. Jossey Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

 

Defining the Discipline: Outcome Assessment and the Prospects for Communication Programs. With Hunt, G. I. ACA Bulletin, 72, 1-4.

Issues, Problems, and Opportunities in Assessment of Communication Programs. ACA Bulletin, Number 72, 21-26.

How People Become Effective Learners. (EJ426606).  Adult Learning, 2(6), 11-13.

Successful Recruitment of Minority Faculty: Commitment, Culture, Choice.

Defining Leadership through Followership: Concepts for Approaching Leadership Development.  Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 3, 152-56.

Learning how to learn: Applied theory.  Chicago, IL: Follett.

 

Self-directed staff development for ABE teachers: A case study.  With Bowes, S. Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 10(2), 80-89.

Developing Models and Systems for Merit Salary Administration.  ACA Bulletin, Number 70, 25-30.

Learning to learn across the life span. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Defining the Discipline: Outcome Assessment and the Prospects for Communication Programs. With Hunt, G. I. ACA Bulletin, 72, 1-4.

Issues, Problems, and Opportunities in Assessment of Communication Programs. ACA Bulletin, Number 72, 21-26.

How People Become Effective Learners. (EJ426606).  Adult Learning, 2(6), 11-13.

Successful Recruitment of Minority Faculty: Commitment, Culture, Choice.

Defining Leadership through Followership: Concepts for Approaching Leadership Development.  Journal of the Association for Communication Administration, 3, 152-56.

 

 

 

 

Professional Interest Areas

 

Learning how to learn

 

 

Major Contributions to Adult Education

 

First Northern Illinois University faculty member to teach in China

 

Mentoring students and colleagues

 

Robert M. Smith Memorial Scholarship:  Excellence in the Study of Learning to Learn

                                 Department of Counseling, Adult and Higher Education, Northern

                                 Illinois University, award is $1000 annually

 

 

 

Additional Resources

Articles

 

Photo Gallery

 

Video/Audio

 

Presentations

 

Books

 


References

 

 

International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.  (2004).  Robert M. Smith. 

           Retrieved July 2, 2011, from

           http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/2004/Smith.html

 

 

 

 

 

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