The essays on this website provide resources for those interested in research, theory, history, and the professional practice of university continuing education in Canada.
The theoretical essays locate continuing education within contemporary debates in social research, social theory, and the relationship between public institutions, politics, and social change. The historical essays examine the roots and evolution of university continuing education in Western Canada, with a special focus on Alberta and Saskatchewan. The practical essays address the core elements of university continuing education as a field of professional practice: program planning, needs assessment, evaluation, and student participation. In addition, there are a number of essays concerning fields of adult and continuing education that are not university-based: adult basic education, capacity-building for health promotion, and distance education for rural people in developing countries.
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Research and theory about university continuing education
- McLean, Scott, 2002. Strengthening Research Capacity: An Action Plan for the University of Saskatchewan Extension Division. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 28 (2) 17-31.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 1999. Thinking About Research in Continuing Education: A Meta-Theoretical Primer. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 25 (2) 23-42.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 1996. Continuing Education and the Postmodern Arts of Power. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 22 (2) 7-26.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, Gordon Thompson, and Peter Jonker, 2006. The Rising Tide of Outreach and Engagement in State and Land-grant Universities in the United States: What are the Implications for University Continuing Education Units in Canada? Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 32 (1) 83-108.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 2007. About Us: Expressing the Purpose of University Continuing Education in Canada. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 33 (2) 65-86.
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History of university continuing education in Western Canada
- McLean, Scott, 2007 Reaching out into the World: A History of Extension at the University of Saskatchewan, 1910-2007. Saskatoon: University Extension Press
» Link - McLean, Scott, 2008. Extending Resources, Fostering Progress, or Meeting Needs? University Extension and Continuing Education in Western Canada. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 29 (1) 91-103.
» Link - McLean, Scott, 2007 'A Work Second to None': Positioning Extension at the University of Alberta, 1912-1975. Studies in the Education of Adults, 39 (1) 77-91.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 2007. University Extension and Social Change: Positioning a University of the People in Saskatchewan. Adult Education Quarterly, 58 (1) 3-21.
» Link - McLean, Scott and Heather Rollwagen, 2008. Progress, Public Health, and Power: Foucault and the Homemakers' Clubs of Saskatchewan. Canadian Review of Sociology, 45 (3) 225-245.
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Professional practice in university continuing education
- McLean, Scott, 2000. Between Rationality and Politics: Autobiographical Portraits of Adult Education Programme Planning. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 19 (6) 493-505.
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This is an electronic version of an article published in the International Journal of Lifelong Education (c) 2000 Copyright Taylor and Francis. The International Journal of Lifelong Education is available online at http://www.informaworld.com and, for this article: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0260-1370&volume=19&issue=6&spage=493 - McLean, Scott, Lori Ebbesen, Katheryn Green, Bruce Reeder, David Butler-Jones and Sheilagh Steer, 2000. Continuing Education for Health Promotion: A Case Study of Needs Assessment Practice. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 26 (1) 11-30.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott and Gwenna Moss, 2003. They're Happy, but did they Make a Difference? Applying Kirkpatrick's Framework to the Evaluation of a National Leadership Program. Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation, 18 (1) 1-23.
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All other articles published in Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation since vol 1(1) 1986 can be downloaded for $5 Cdn (free to members of CES) per article. Abstracts may be browsed free of charge. Visit www.cjpe.ca - McLean, Scott and Dirk Morrison, 2000. Learners' Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Participation in Computer Conferencing. Journal of Distance Education, 15 (2) 17-36.
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Relevant studies from fields other than university continuing education
- McLean, Scott, Joan Feather and David Butler Jones, 2005. Building Health Promotion Capacity: Action for Learning, Learning from Action. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press
» Link - McLean, Scott, Lavinia Gasperini, and Stephen Rudgard, 2002. Distance Learning for Food Security and Rural Development: A Perspective from the FAO. International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 3 (1) [online publication].
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 1997. Objectifying and Naturalizing Individuality: A Study of Adult Education in the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Sociology, 22 (1) 1-29.
» Download PDF - McLean, Scott, 1995. To Educate or Not To Educate? Canadian Discourses Concerning Inuit Schooling from the 1930s to the 1950s. Journal of Historical Sociology, 8 (2) 182-197.
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