丁導民（民85）：空中大學學生自我導向學習準備度、電腦態度與電腦成就關係之研究。國立中正大學成人及繼續教育研究所碩士論文
丁興祥等（民80）：社會心理學。臺北，國立空中大學
方德隆（民85）：威爾斯「美麗島」小學之研究經驗。載於黃政傑等著：質的教育研究：方法與實例。台北：漢文書局，219-249頁。
王文科（民79）：質的教育研究法。臺北：師大書苑。
王文瑛（民76）：我國空中大學學生學習取向及其相關因素之研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
王政彥（民84a）：從決策歷程論析教師職級制度的推展。載於中小學教師職級制度研討會論文集，196-210頁。國立高雄師範大學成人教育研究所。王政彥（民84b）：我國專業繼續教育的再出發。成人教育雙月刊，28期，32-39頁。
王秋絨（民80）：批判教育論在我國教育實習制度規畫上的意義。台北：師大書苑。
王瑞宏（民84）：成人基本教育教師教學型態與學生學習行為關係之研究。國立高雄師範大學成人教育研究所碩士論文。
何青蓉（民85a）：成人學習研究的發展趨勢與幾個待發展的論點。成人教育雙月刊，34期，9-17頁。
何青蓉（民85b）：「終身學習與個人發展」。終身學習與教育改革。台北：師大書苑。
何福田（民71）：我國台灣地區中小學教師進修制度之研究。國立政治大學教育研究所博士論文。何福田（民83）：我國師範教育發展現況與評估之研究。台北：國立教育資料館編印。
余民寧（民76）： 考試焦慮、成就動機、學習習慣與學業成績之研究。國立政治大學教育研究所碩士論文。
吳清基（民71）：中小學教師在職進修意願研究。教育部中教司。
吳清基（民84）：教師與進修。台北：師大書苑。吳靜吉、程炳林（民82）： 國民中小學生學習動機、學習策略與學業成績之相關研究。國立政治大學學報，66期，13-39頁。
沈翠蓮（民83）：國民小學教師專業成長、教學承諾與學校效能關係之研究。國立高雄師範大學教育研究所碩士論文。
周燦德（民74）：我國高職教師在職進修教育之研究。國立台灣師範大學教育研究所碩士論文。
林如萍（民80）：中等學校教師參與在職進修動機取向研究。國立台灣師範大學家政教育研究所碩士論文。
林淑娟（民86）：高雄市市民學苑成人學習者自我導向學習準備度之研究。國立高雄師範大學成人教育研究所碩士論文。
洪世昌（民84）：我國空中大學學生自我導向學習傾向及其與學習成就關係之研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
孫國華（民86）：國民中小學教師生涯發展與專業成長之研究。國立高雄師範大學教育學系博士論文。高強華（民85）：師資培育問題研究。台北：師大書苑。張明寮（民82）：台灣省國民中學師資現況暨教師在職進修問題之研究。高雄：復文。
張明麗（民85）：幼教人員參與在職進修學習動機之研究。花蓮師院學報，6期，273-319頁。張芬芬（民80）：師範生教育實習中潛在課程之人種誌研究。國立台灣師範大學教育研究所博士論文。張紹勳（民87）：SPSS for Windows 多變量統計分析。台北：松岡。
張國珍（民80）：我國成人識字教育之研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。張瓊瑩（民83）：成人學習活動參與者、非參與者在學習障礙、教育態度之比較研究----以國立空中大學為例。國立政治大學教育研究所博士論文。陳正昌、程炳林（民83）：SPSS、SAS、BMDP統計軟體在多變量統計上的應用。台北：五南。
陳伯璋（民84）：師範院校通識教育課程架構之研究。國立花蓮師範學院。
陳妍伊（民82）：成人學生與非成人學生學習取向之比較研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
陳枝烈（民79）國民中學教師在職進修效能評鑑之研究。台灣省中等教師研習會專案研究報告。
陳枝烈（民82）：國民中學輔導人員在職進修需求之研究。學生輔導通訊，36期，11-17頁。
陳英豪（民68）：中等學校教師暑期專業科目進修效果之研究。高雄師範學院學報，7期。
陳英豪（民77）：我國國小教師進修意見之調查研究。省立台南師範學院初等教育學系，初等教育學報，1期，223-280頁。陳貞夙（民84）：空中大學學生成年前家庭成長經驗與自我導向學習準備度之關係研究。國立中正大學成人及繼續教育研究所碩士論文。
陳麗娟（民83）我國國民補習學校班級氣氛及其與成人學生學習行為關係之研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
單文經（民79）：教育專業知能的性質初探。載於中華民國師範教育學會主編：師範教育政策與問題。台北：師大書苑。
單文經、簡茂發（民85）：「研究所四十學分班」教師進修制度的檢討與展望，以台灣師大為例。載於載於中華民國師範教育學會主編：師資培育制度的新課題。台北：師大書苑。
單文經、李琪明（民83）：國立台灣師範大學進修部四十學分班進修教育現況評估研究報告。國立台灣師範大學進修部委託。
黃正鵠、鄭英耀（民85）：教師自我效能相關因素研究。教育學刊，12期，219-244。黃明娟（民83）：大學成人學生及傳統學生教學型態偏好之比較研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
黃政傑（民85）：質化研究的原理與方法。載於黃政傑等著：質的教育研究：方法與實例。台北：漢文書局。
黃富順（民78）：成人心理與學習。臺北：師大書苑。黃富順（民81）：成人的學習動機。高雄：復文。
黃富順（民84a）：心理社會互動模式。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，26-27頁。
黃富順（民84b）：科際的、連續的、特定的、時間配置與生命全期模式。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，189-190頁。
黃富順（民84c）：合理行動理論。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，66-67頁。
黃富順（民84d）：湯普森的參與模式。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，66-67頁。
黃富順（民84e）：學習歷程理論。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，401-402頁。
黃富順（民84f）：繼續教育。載於中華民國成人教育學會編印：成人教育辭典。台北：成人教育學會，434-435頁。
黃富順（民86）：從大學成人教育的發展論我國師範學院推廣教育功能的發展。載於花蓮師院進修暨推廣部主編：進修推廣教育的挑戰與展望。台北：師大書苑，15-35頁。
楊國賜（民77）：世界主要國家終生教育的發展趨勢。載於中華民國比較教育學會主編：終生教育。台北：台灣書店。
詹美娟（民83）：大學成人學生及傳統學生學習特性之比較研究。國立台灣師範大學社會教育研究所碩士論文。
劉文通（民76）：新竹市國民小學教師在職進修之研究。國立台灣師範大學教育研究所碩士論文。
歐用生（民84）：教師成長與學習。台灣省國民學校教師研習會出版。
蔡良宏（民84）：長青學苑老人學習者學習取向之研究。國立高雄師範大學成人教育研究所碩士論文。
蔡培村（民87）：終身學習與教師生涯發展。台灣教育，565期，14-26頁。蔡培村（民85）：中等學校教師在職進修內涵與進修體系規畫研究。教育部中等教育司委託研究。
蔡培村等（民82）：國民中學教師生涯能力發展之研究。教育部中等教育司委託研究。
蔡培村等（民83）：高級中學教師生涯能力之研究。教育部中等教育司委託研究。
蔡碧璉（民82）：國民中學教師專業成長與其形象知覺之研究。國立政治大學教育研究所博士論文。鄧運林（民84）：成人教學與自我導向學習。台北：五南。
簡茂發（民79）：台灣省中等學校教師在職進修改進途徑之研究。台灣省政府教育廳委託專案研究報告。
羅文基、朱湘吉及陳如山（民80）：生涯發展與規畫。台北：國立空中大學。
羅文基（民75）：教育、訓練與人力發展。高雄：復文。
饒見維（民85）：教師專業發展：理論與實務。台北：五南。
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