May 28, 1942 -
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Personal Data
Education
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B.A., Fordham University, New York, NY 1964
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M.A., Columbia University, New York, NY 1965
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M.A., City University, New York, NY 1967
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Ph. D., Higher Education & Social Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 1970
Employment
- 1965-1967 Lecturer Counselor, Hunter College, New York
- 1969-1972 Research Associate and Instructor, Higher and Adult Education, Teachers college, Columbia University, New York, New York
- 1971-1974 Assistant Professor, Education and Associate Director, Center for Adult Education, Columbia University
- 1974 Editorship of Adult Education Quarterly
- 1980 Editorship of New Directions in Adult and Continuing Eduction
- 1??? Editorship of The Jossey-Bass Series of Monographs in Adult and Continuing Education
- 1974-200? Associate Professor-Rutgers University
- 199?-200? Full Professor-Rutgers University
- 200? Professor Emeritus-Rutgers University
Awards and Honors
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1980 Imogene Okes Award for Outstanding Research, Adult Education Association for Last Gamble on Education with Mezirow, J., & Knox, A.
Membership-Professional Organizations
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American Educational Research Association
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American Sociological Association
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American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (previously Adult Education Association)
Publications
1972 Occasional Papers: Development Demonstration and Dissemination: Case Studies of Selected Special Projects in Adult Basic Education
1974 Problems of Dissemination and Use of Innovations in Adult Basic Education: Selected Research Findings and Recommendations. (with Beder, Harold & Adelman, Aliza)
1974 An Evaluation Guide for Adult Basic Education Programs
1975 Last Gamble on Education: Dynamics of Adult Basic Education (with Mezirow, Jack & Knox, Alan B.)
1979 Participation and Persistence in American Adult Education
1980 Reaching Hard-to-Reach Adults
1981 Retaining Adult Students
1982 Adult Education: Foundation of Practice (with Merriam, Sharan)
1984 Outcomes and Impact of Adult Basic Education, Research Monograph no. 6 (with Valentine, Thomas)
1984 P.L.A.C.E.S. Parents Learning to Assist Children in the Elementary School: A Workshop for Parents. Technical Report. Report. (with Valentine, Thomas)
1984 Identifying Deterrents to Participation in Continuing Education. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Scanlan, Craig S.)
1984 Participation in Education by Young Adults. New Directions for Continuing Education.
1984 Themes and Issues in Programming for Young Adults. New Directions for Continuing Education. (with Knox, Alan B.)
1985 Outcomes of Participation in Adult Basic Skills Education. Lifelong Learning. (with Valentine, Thomas)
1985 Factor Structure of Deterrents to Public Participation in Adult Education. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Valentine, Thomas)
1986 Effective Approaches to Teaching Basic Skills to Adults: A Research Synthesis.
1986 The Benefits of GED Graduation and a Typology of Graduates. Adult Education Quarterly.(with Valentine, Thomas)
1986 Adults' Attitudes towards Continuing Education. (with Hayes, Elisabeth R.)
1986 Adult literacy education: A review of the research and priorities for future inquiry
1987 Dropout as a Function of Discrepancies between Expectations and Actual Experiences of the Classroom Social Environment. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Gavin, William J.)
1987 Trends in Research on the Adult Learner. New Directions for Continuing Education. (with Brockett, Ralph G.)
1988 Assessment of Adult Attitudes towards Continuing Education. International Journal of Lifelong Education. (with Hayes, Elisabeth R.)
1989 Enhancing the Adult Classroom Environment. New Directions for Continuing Education.
1989 Gender Differences in Adult Student Perceptions of College Classroom Social Environments. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Beer, Carole T.)
1990 Attitudes toward Adult Education: An Empirically-Based Conceptualization. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Hayes, Elisabeth R)
1990 Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education: Profiles of Potential Learners. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Valentine, Thomas)
1992 Analysis and Assessment of the Newark Literacy Campaign's Adult Tutorial Reading Program: A Report to the Ford Foundation. Report. (with Silvestri, Kenneth)
1997 Classroom Age Composition and Academic Achievement in College. Adult Education Quarterly. (with Novak, Richard)
1998 Adults' Participation in Work-Related Courses: 1994-95. Statistics in Brief. Report. (with Kim, Kwang & Stowe, Peter)
APA Format
1972 W. Beder, H., & Gerald Darkenwald, G. (1974). Development, demonstration, and dissamination : Case studies of selected special projects in adult basic education. Publications in Continuing Education :, Occasional Papers ;, 42.
1974 Darkenwald, G., & Beder, H. (1974). Problems of dissemination and use of innovations in adult basic education: Selected research findings and recommendations. New York: Center for Adult Education, Teachers College, Columbia University ;.
1974 Knox, A. (1974). An evaluation guide for adult basic education programs: Step-by-step instructions, including the questionnaires and other forms needed for evaluation. Washington: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Gov't. Print. Off.1975 Last Gamble on Education: Dynamics of Adult Basic Education (with Mezirow, Jack & Knox, Alan B.)
1979 Anderson, R., & Darkenwald, G. (1979). Participation and persistence in American adult education: Implications for public policy and future research from a multivariate analysis of a national data base. New York: College Entrance Examination Board.1980
1981 Darkenwald, G., & Adult, C. (1981). Retaining adult students. Columbus, Ohio: ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education :.
1982 G. Darkenwald, G., & B. Merriam, S. (n.d.). Adult Education: Foundation of Practice.
1984 Darkenwald, G., & Valentine, T. (1984). Outcomes and impact of adult basic education. New Brunswick, N.J.: Center for Adult Development, Rutgers University.
1984 Darkenwald, G., & Valentine, T. (1984). P.L.A.C.E.S., parents learning to assist children in the elementary school a workshop for parents : Technical report. Rutgers [N.J.: Center for Adult Development, Graduate School of Education, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey.
1984 G. G. Darkenwald, (1984). Identifying Deterrents to Participation in Continuing Education. Adult Education Quarterly.
1984 Darkenwald, G. (1984). Meeting educational needs of young adults. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
1986 Darkenwald, G. (1986). Effective Approaches to Teaching Basic Skills to Adults: A Research Synthesis.
1986 Valentine, T., & Darkenwald, G. (1986). The Benefits of Ged Graduation and A Typology of Graduates. Adult Education Quarterly, 23-35
1986 Darkenwald, G., & Hayes, R. (1988). "Adults' Attitudes towards Continuing Education." Adult Education Quarterly, 120-120. (with Hayes, Elisabeth R.)
1987 Darkenwald, G., & Gavin, W. (1987). Dropout As A Function Of Discrepancies Between Expectations and Actual Experiences Of The Classroom Social Environment. Adult Education Quarterly, 152-163.
1987 Brockett, R., & Darkenwald, G. (n.d.). Trends in research on the adult learner. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 29-40.
1988 Darkenwald, G., & Hayes, E. (n.d.). Assessment of adult attitudes towards continuing education. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 197-204.
1989 Darkenwald, G. (n.d.). Enhancing the adult classroom environment. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 67-75.
1990 Hayes, E., & Darkenwald, G. (1990). Attitudes Toward Adult Education: An Empirically-Based Conceptualization. Adult Education Quarterly, 158-168.
1990 Valentine, T., & Darkenwald, G. (n.d.). Deterrents to Participation in Adult Education: Profiles of Potential Learners. Adult Education Quarterly, 29-42.
1997 Darkenwald, G., & Novak, R. (1997). Classroom age composition and academic achievement in college. S.l.: [s.n.].
Speeches and Addresses
1977 Why Adults Participate in Education: Some Implications for Program Development of Research on Motivational Orientations.
Professional Interest Areas
- Adult and Higher Education
- Sociology of Education
- Participation of ABE students and other learners
Major Contributions to Adult Education
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Editor of Adult Education Journal and Adult Education Quarterly
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Research of Sociology of Adult Participants in Education Writings
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Synthesis and Interpretation of Adult Education
Additional Resources
Articles
Photo Gallery
Video/Audio
Presentations
Books
Interesting Facts
Sharan Merriam's dissertation advisor.
References
Cross, K. P. (1982). Adult as Learners. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. pp. 56-60,63,80.
Merrian, S. B. , & Cunningham, P. M. (Ed.) (1989). Handbook of Adult and Continuing Education. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.
Yarosz, D. J. (2007). Down the winding river with Gordon G. Darkenwald [Perspectives on People]. New Horizons
in Adult Education and Human Resource Development, 21(3/4), 41-47. Retrieved from http://education.fiu.edu/newhorizons
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