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ASPBAE Journal, 1974
A group report to an International Council for Adult Education workshop in New Delhi offers broad guidelines to assist national or individual organizations prepare manuals for adult educators; guidelines are offered in the areas of scope and objectives, functionaries, language, problem-identification, assessment and evaluation, follow-up,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Foreign Countries
Luzerne County Community Coll., Nanticoke, PA. – 1998
This document consists of a brief project report and a manual developed by the Adult Learners' Training and Assistance Program. The report describes how instructors at Luzerne County Community College (Pennsylvania) learned about the basic/essential elements of cooperative learning by actively experiencing cooperative learning instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Cooperative Learning
Preston, Jamie; Wilson, Monty – 1993
This report describes how the Center for Literacy (CFL) developed a staff orientation manual for new educators (teachers and coordinators of volunteers) who work in adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) programs. Orientation needs were assessed through two questionnaires--one for educators and another for administrators at CFL and 13 literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Pennsylvania State Univ., McKeesport. – 1999
With the existence of 67 monographs and approximately 60 practitioners trained in action research in the western and central parts of Pennsylvania from project years 1995-98, the 1998-99 Section 353 project expanded the action research network (ARN) to include teachers, administrators, and researchers in the northeastern and southeastern parts of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1993
This module is the third of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. This module is in the form of a 6-hour workshop, the purpose of which is to provide professional development for ALBE personnel in managing an ALBE learning environment. An overview consists of these components:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
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Carman, Priscilla S. – 1995
These two documents are products of a project to improve the capability of the Pennsylvania Regional Staff Development Centers to provide current, research-based workplace literacy training and technical assistance to adult basic and literacy education programs. The final report describes these project activities: development of training materials…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Sherman, Renee; Dlott, Mike; Bamford, Heather; McGivern, Jennifer; Cohn, Marisa – 2003
Program and professional development staff in adult education currently employ a variety of strategies to select professional development materials, but generally lack a systematic selection approach. Selections are often based on familiarity rather than quality or how well-suited the materials are to the learning goals of instructors and the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Objectives
Safman, Phyllis C.; Crocker, M. Judith – 1984
A project was conducted to develop a curriculum package for use in providing inservice training to adult educators. The content of the package was determined by information gathered from a statewide survey of adult education directors in Utah, a review of adult development and learning literature, and discussions with leaders and researchers in…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1998
This document includes the final report of a project to develop a process for preparing adult basic education (ABE) practitioners to use a "work first" instructional model and a practitioner training manual. The report details how four literacy practitioners worked with mentors experienced in teaching work force education to adapt work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
Clark, Elmer J. – 1983
Adult educators face a challenge if they are to aid in the improvement of the status of women in the Third World. Women in developing countries, especially those in rural and poverty areas, are often restricted to second class educational and work opportunities. Adult educators could contribute to the reduction of such discrimination in the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Truschel, Jack; Kerrick, Joyce – 1995
A project was conducted to determine the need for and to create a distance learning-based staff development program for adult literacy instructors throughout Pennsylvania. Each of Pennsylvania's 306 adult literacy programs was sent a survey regarding their staff members' access to and knowledge about distance learning technology. Of the 100…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Harrington, Lois G.; And Others – 1997
These four learning guides comprise one of four packages in the Workplace Literacy Teacher Training series that provides information and skills necessary for the user to become a successful instructor in an effective workplace literacy program. The guides in this package are designed to prepare the instructor to ensure that the workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Trottier, Vicki – 2000
This document, which was developed during a project to expand professional development opportunities for adult literacy practitioners affiliated with member agencies of Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO), presents tips and tools for developing and delivering an online workshop for literacy practitioners. The document begins with an overview of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Community Education
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