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Kroeker, Tirza; Henrichs, Margaret – 1993
Weaving learners' everyday stories with those of other teachers, volunteers, and students, this book shares strategies and experiences designed to empower adult learners in alternative literacy programs. Strategies in the book came from educators in such diverse settings as college developmental reading and writing, learning disabilities, adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Higher Education
Download full textTibbetts, John; Klein, Mary – 1993
This training packet on the whole language approach is 1 of 10 developed by the Study of Adult Basic Education(ABE)/English as a Second Language (ESL) Training Approaches Project to assist ABE instructors, both professionals and volunteers. The packet is intended to stand alone and encompasses a two-session workshop series with activities…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Florida Community Coll., Jacksonville. – 1998
This workbook, one of six professional development manuals for adult education (AE) teachers, explores instructional methodologies to promote student success, the theories behind them, and their applications in the self-paced, open-entry/open-exit AE classroom. The pretest and posttest appear first. Each of the seven units begins with a list of…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Kerr, Hugo – 1995
This book examines the basic principles of the cognitive psychology of literacy and explains how insights gained from that theory can inform and improve reading, spelling, and writing instruction aimed at adults. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's eight chapters: the principles of cognitive psychology (the nervous system,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Andragogy
Brod, Shirley – 1999
The guide provides adult literacy teachers with background information in adult learning and the performance-based approach to literacy education. The first section reviews theory and research on adult learning, including the factors affecting learning (language background, expectations, gender, learning styles and modes, age and health,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques
Rance-Roney, Judith A.; Ditmars, Jane W. – 1994
This textbook/sourcebook and accompanying trainer's guide, which were issued as part of a project to republish important staff development project reports/materials, are updated and repackaged versions of a staff development curriculum in adult literacy and learning. The first part of the sourcebook contains 20 "keys" or quick overviews…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
