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Direct linkYamashita, Takashi; Zhang, Jing; Sun, Na; Cummins, Phyllis A. – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2022
Despite increasing demand in distance education, relatively little is known about the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics as well as basic skill levels of adult distance education participants at the national level in the US. This study analyzed the US data from the 2012/2014 and 2017 Program for International Assessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Socioeconomic Status, Basic Skills, Nonformal Education
Caviglia, Francesco; Delfino, Manuela – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2016
Active participation in the information society requires the ability to find some order in the chaotic nature of the Web and not to get lost within the endemic presence of inaccurate, misleading, biased and false information. This article presents an approach to Information Problem Solving (IPS)--that is, finding, understanding and assessing…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Basic Skills, Information Skills, Information Literacy
Hassi, Marja-Liisa; Hannula, Aino; Salo i Nevado, Laia – Adult Learning, 2008
Adult education has become a significant aspect of Finnish educational and developmental policy as well as of Finnish labor and social policies. Such factors as the need for occupational proficiency, employment, and economic growth have strongly influenced adult education in Finland. Besides the development of personality and support for the life…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Democracy, Numeracy, Adult Education
