Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education/L'Association Canadienne pour L'Etude de L'Education des Adultes (17th, Ontario, Canada, May 29-31, 1998).

These proceedings on the theme, Adult Education Research: Shaping the Future, contain 52 papers. The papers are: "Virtual Adult Education" (W. Archer and D. Conrad); "Reversal Theory Approach to Adult Learning and Education" (M. Atleo); "Objectiver L'Action" (A. Balleux et al.); "Cultural Constructions of Literacy" (A. Blunt); "Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition" (D. Briton et al.); "Distance Education and Learner Autonomy" (P. Bouchard and L. Kalman); "Toward a Redefinition of Formal and Informal Learning" (G. Burns); "Feminist Commitments in Adult Education" (S. Butterwick et al.); "Innovative Research Practices for Adult Education" (N. Campbell et al.); "Facilitating Reflection and Action through Research" (A. Chan); "Including the Body in Learning Processes" (L. Crawford); "A Double-Edged Sword" (U. Critoph and D. Martin); "Learning Strategies of Early British Columbia Divers" (B. Cuthill); "Adult Education and a Community-Based Nutrition Project" (N. Drost); "Role of Action Research in the Creation of New Knowledge" (R. Dyson et al.); "Koranic Learning and Local Development in West Africa" (P. Easton and M. Peach); "Learning from Changes in Leadership" (L. English); "Constructed Identities in Participatory Research Discourse" (W. Fischer); "Fixing the World?" (T. Fenwick); "Learning through Discourse" (P. Gamlin and S. Cook); "Pedagogical Strategies To Encourage Student Interaction in the Open Learning Classroom" (R. Gouthro); "Doing History Not Doing History" (P. Grace); "Home Thoughts on Globalization" (E. Harris); "Learning, Working, and Caregiving" (C. Hinds and A. Home); "S-Curve Relevance to Collective Learning for Knowing Using TRACE Participatory Action Research" (S. Hobbs and G. Grant); "Shifting the Ground of the Familiar" (C. Jongeward); "Blood, Sweat, and Tears" (H. Kanuka and D. Conrad); "Constructing the Role of the Adult Educator in Higher Education" (C. Kreber); "Teaching Leadership" (O. Kritskaya); "Skill and Knowledge Acquisition in the Informal Seector of the West African Economy" (G. Liebert and P. Easton); "New Approaches to Lifelong Learning" (D.W. Livingstone et al.); "Evaluation of a Human History/Environmental Exhibit Using a Video Tracking Technique" (L. Logan); "Re-Visioning Peace Research" (G. Macdonald and A. Adelson); "Adult Learning on the Internet" (W. McQueen and B. Fallis); "Adult Education and Educational Reform in Latvia" (S. Miezitis and O. Zids); "Education for Planetary Consciousness" (E. O'Sullivan); "Technology-Based Distance Delivery" (S. Owen); "Back to the Roots; Back to the Future" (A. Pattapinyoboon); "Inclusivity and Exclusivity in Adult Education" (M. Petlock); "Informal Learning Processes in a Worker Cooperative" (J. Quarter and H. Midha); "Challenging Our Traditional Research Positionality" (A. Quigley and T. Sork); "Educational Gerontology" (D. Radcliffe); "Role and Influence of Culture and Context in the Development of International Communities of Practice Among Organization Development Practitioners" (I. Richter and M. Laiken); "Elements de la Formation a la Pratique Reflexive de Cadres Soignants" (H. Sami); "Hidden Dimensions of Working-Class Learning" (P. Sawchuk et al.); "'This Would Scare the Hell out of Me If I Were an HR Manager'" (P. Sawchuk); "Distinguishing the Moral from the Expedient" (T. Sork); "Union Movies" (J. Taylor); "Rethinking Power in Participatory Research" (J. Taylor); "Explanatory Power of an Early Framework of Good Practice Principles in Workplace Education" (Taylor); "Ye Are Not Men! Ye Are Gods" (A. Thomas); and "Struggle for Selves" (L. West). Individual papers contain references.) (YLB)