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Irby, Terry R. – 1985
This paper presents strategies and methods for students to obtain the essential adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), English as a Second Language (ESL), and career/vocational instruction, at the same time. A description is offered first of what was done in the Joliet Junior College ABLE Program and future plans for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
Hudson River Center for Program Development, Glenmont, NY. – 1997
This guide is designed to link New York's learning standards with curriculum goals and objectives developed by adult education (AE) practitioners. It includes learning standards for English language arts (ELA) and mathematics, two areas identified by AE practitioners as the most important for beginning adult learners. Also provided are curriculum…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Behavioral Objectives
Connections: A Journal of Adult Literacy, 1985
These nine articles reflect the diversity of activities taking place in adult education and adult literacy in the Boston area. An introduction briefly describes each article; notes on the authors follow. In "A Different Third 'R'--Radical Math," Marilyn Frankenstein describes a mathematics course that, through content and method, both…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Joliet Junior Coll., IL. – 1981
Ten papers address areas of concern regarding improvement in serving the needs of limited English proficient (LEP) adults. The first paper (by D. Terdy) overviews the background and skills LEP adults bring to adult education programs as well as their language needs and educational goals. The second paper (by S. Smith) describes changes in adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield. – 1994
This final report documents the development of a workplace literacy program for 100 employees of the Geriatric Authority of Holyoke, Massachusetts (GAH), a major nonprofit nursing home and rehabilitation facility. It describes how GAH employees received instruction in English as a Second Language, adult basic education, and General Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Personnel, Basic Skills
Thistlethwaite, Linda – Exploring Adult Literacy: Journal of the Adult Learning Division of the College Reading Association, 2000
This paper explains how adult educators involved in the development and delivery of general adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED) certificate, and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs can infuse the workplace into their programs. The paper begins with a brief overview of the rationale for infusing the workplace…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Lake County Coll., Grayslake, IL. – 1994
The College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, formed an educational and business partnership with four area businesses to design and implement workplace literacy programs targeted to the needs of each business. The project's four objectives were as follows: develop a model of cooperation between a community college and the business community…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
North Central Regional Educational Lab., Oak Brook, IL. North Central Regional Tech. in Education Consortium. – 2000
This document consists of a booklet describing the Captured Wisdom project and transcripts of videos from the two CD-ROM disks. The booklet details how to get the most from the CD-ROMs with suggestions directed toward teachers, professional development providers, and administrators. Six Captured Wisdom learning sites are listed. The Captured…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Students