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14 William Samuel Griffith

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     1931-1996


 


 



   

Personal Data

Born:

Died:

Married: Beverly Ann Breland, 1954

Three children, Thomas, Kathryn, and Rebecca

 

Education

 

B.S., Dairy Science, Pennsylvania State University, 1953

M.S., Dairy Science, Louisiana State University, 1955

Post Graduate, Cornell University, 1960

Post Graduate, University of Wisconsin, 1960

Ph.D., Adult Education, University of Chicago, 1963 (Carnegie Fellow)

 

Employment

1952

Assistant Farm Director, KDKA, Pittsburgh, PA

1953-1954

Research Asst, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

1955

Research Assoc, Louisiana State University, LA

1955-1961

Asst Professor, Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

1961-1962

Asst Dairy Specialist, VA Cooperative Extension Service

1963-1968

Asst Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Chicago

1968-1977

Assoc Professor, Dept. of Education, University of Chicago

1971 (Summer)

Visiting Professor, North Carolina State University

1972-1973

Honorary Visiting Fellow, Australia National University, Canberra Field Research Associate, Committee on Evaluation of Education and Training Program, National Academy of Sciences

1977-Retirement

Professor and Department Head, University of British Columbia

 

 

Awards and Honors

 

International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame, 1996 

Fulbright-Hayes Senior Research Fellow to Australia in 1972-1973

Research to Practice Award  and Leadership Award from  AEA/USA in 1980

 

Membership-Professional Organizations

 

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE), President, 90-91

Adult Education Quarterly, Consulting Editor, 1988-

Adult Education, Consulting Editor, 1968-1978

Adult Basic Education, Consulting Editor, 1990-

National Association for Public, Continuing and Adult Education,(NAPCAE) Chairman of Program Committee for the National Conference, 1975

National University Extension Association, Chairman, Research Section, 1968-1969

Commission of Professors of Adult Education,(CPAE) Chairman, 1969-1971

Illinois Adult Education Association, President, 1969-1970

 

Publications

 

1964, Dec

Identifying researchable problems. University Evening College, XIII, (2) 3-6.

1965, Mar

Advisory committees for public school adult education programs, Illinois Adult Education Association Newsletter, IX,(7)1, 4-5.

1965, Feb

The conference coordinator: Educator or facilitator? Continuing Education Report No.2,

1965, March

Public school adult education – A growing challenge. Administrator’s Notebook, XIII,(7).

1965, Spring

The changing adult education agency – Implications for the administrator. Adult Education, XXV, (3)138-144.

1965, March

The cooperative extension service and continuing education in today’s society. Annual Extension Conference Proceedings, August 17-21, Blacksburg, Virginia: Cooperative Extension Service, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

1965, Nov

The role of public school adult education. In The High School Journal. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina.

1965, May

The cooperative extension service in today’s setting. Division of Extension Research and Training, Federal Extension Service, USDA.

1965, August

Problems and issues in adult education. In Problems and Issues in Adult Education: Proceedings, Workshop at Northern Illinois University, August 1965.

1966, Winter

Guidelines for writers preparing manuscripts for “Adult Education”. Adult Education XVI (2). 85-91.

 

  1966                            Continuing education – whose responsibility?. Critical Issues in Adult Education. Paper 1966 Adult Education Lecture-Forum  Series, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

 

1966, July

Can you make the change? The County Agent V(1). 10-20.

1966

Public school adult education in Northern Illinois. Illinois Journal of Education, LVII (15) 21-24.

1966, June

Relating to the adult learner. Speaking About Adults and the Continuing Education Process. (Proceedings) 93-96.

1968, May

Our society’s future: Implications for the administration of extension educational programs. Cooperative Extension Organization and Adminstration. 3-15.

1968, Oct

A critique of the changing mission of home economics. Second Annual Meeting, Association of Administrators in Home Economics in State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, New Orleans, LA.

 

1968

A review of selected basic education systems. Adult Education 18(2). 119-125.

 

 1969, June                Training and development of community service personnel –

                                      point of view. Community Services Forum 1(6). 1-3.

 

1969

The evolving role of the adult education administrator. Administration of Continuing Education. Edited by N.C. Shaw. Washington: National Association for Public School Association. 76-101.

1969

Adult education: The challenge of the junior college. Third Annual Illinois Junior College Conference (Proceedings). Springfield, IL. 42-29.

 

1969, Summer

The McGrath report: A critique. Journal of Cooperative Extension 3(2). 69-79.

1969, May

Training and development of community college personnel. 2nd Annual Conference, Community College Section, AEA of USA, Proceedings.

1970

The institutions of adult education. Handbook of Adult Education in the United States. Edited by Kidd, J.R., Smith, R., & Aker, G.F. 171-189.

 

1971

Adult Basic Education with Hayes, A.P. (Editors) Chicago: U.S. Government

 

   1972, Spring              Adult education perspectives on career education in the public

                                      schools. The New Campus, 25. 7-10.

 

1972, Feb

Research in adult education: Perspectives and new directions. Adult Leadership, 20 (8). 270-272, 302-208.

1972

Paulo Friere: Utopian perspectives on literacy education for revolution. Paulo Freire: A revolutionary dilemma for the adult educator. Syracuse: Syracuse University.

 

1973

A directory of degree programs for the preparation of professional adult educators, 1970-1971. With Cloutier, G.H. Washington: Adult and Vocational Surveys Branch, National Center for Educational Statistics, US Office of Education.

1973, Sept

Literacy Discussion. (Eds.).With Cunningham, P.M. UNESCO International Institute for Adult Literacy Methods

1974, Dec

Relating to the adult learner: An American perspective. With Hayes, A.P. Kenya Journal of Adult Education, 3(4), 9-11.

  1974                               College and University Degree Programs for the Preparation of Professional Adult Educators, 1970-1971. With Cloutier, G.H 

1976

Adult educators and politics. Adult Education, 26(4), 270-297.

 

  1977                              The adult performance level program: A serious and deliberate

                                       examination. Adult Education, 27(4),209-224.

 

1979, Oct

Adult education research – emerging developments. Studies in Adult Education, 11(2),124-144.

1980

Coordination of personnel, programs, and services. In J.M Peters and Associates (Eds.), Building an effective adult education enterprise (pp.78-114). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

1980-1981

Adult Education Association handbook series in adult education. With McClusky, H.Y. (Eds.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

1981, Nov

Adult education. With Roberts, P. In J.H.M. Andrews and W.T. Rogers (Eds.), Canadian research in education: A state of the art review (pp.3-1 to 3-29). Vancouver: University of British Columbia.

1984

Agricultural extension workers’ roles in Canada and the United States. With Yeshewalul, A. Adult Education Quarterly, 34 (4),197-212.

1985

Persistent problems and promising prospects in continuing professional education. In R.M. Cervero and C.L. Scanlan (Eds.), Problems and prospects in continuing education (pp.101-108). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

 

Professional Interest Areas

 

Bill Griffith had a number of research interests including extension

education, correctional education, literacy, professionalization of adult education and

international education

 

Major Contributions to Adult Education

 

 Bill Griffith was a prolific writer and leader of various adult education organizations.  One of his most significant contributions to the field of adult education was his work with Howard McClusky, as co-editor of the Adult Education Association Handbook Series (8 volumes) in 1980-1981.

 

 

Additional Resources

 

Articles

 

Photo Gallery

 

Video/Audio

 

Presentations

 

Books

 

1984 "Learning Theory" (chapter 2 of Extension Handbook, 1st ed, edited by Donald J. Blackburn)

1992 "Adult Education Leaders Should Come From Within Adult Education" (chapter in Confronting Controversies in Challenging Times)

1994 "Applying Learning Theory in Extension Work" and "Understanding and Applying Motivation Research" (chapters 3 and 4 of Extension Handbook, 2d ed, edited by Donald J. Blackburn)

undated "The Impact of Intellectual Leadership" (chapter)

 

Interesting Facts

 


References

 

Hall of Fame:   http://www.halloffame.outreach.ou.edu/1996/griffith.html

 

William S. Griffith Papers: An Inventory of His Papers at Syracuse University. Retrieved on June 1, 2012 from: http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/g/griffith_ws.htm

 

 

 

 

 

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