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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2020
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) prepares the "Global Report on Adult Learning and Education" ("GRALE") every three years in order to strengthen understanding of 'where we stand' as a global community, and to address the growing need for youth and adult education. The present report draws on data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Arabs, Adult Learning, Adult Education
Bosch, Chantelle, Ed.; Laubscher, Dorothy Joy, Ed.; Kyei-Blankson, Lydia, Ed. – IGI Global, 2021
Challenges in the educational arena are not new phenomena. However, with the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers and educators have been made even more aware of the need for a paradigm shift in education. Blended learning, as opposed to fully online learning or traditional face-to-face teaching, has been well-researched and has…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Blended Learning, Disadvantaged, COVID-19
Tennessee Higher Education Commission, 2015
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was charged by state statute with developing a statewide Master Plan for the future development of public universities, community colleges, and colleges of applied technology, with input from the Board of Regents and the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees. The overriding function of the Plan…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Higher Education, Educational Attainment, Economic Development
Derrick, Jay, Ed.; Howard, Ursula, Ed.; Field, John, Ed.; Lavender, Peter, Ed.; Meyer, Sue, Ed.; von Rein, Ekkehard Nuissl, Ed.; Schuller, Tom, Ed. – Institute of Education - London, 2010
Remaking Adult Learning provides an exciting and innovative addition to the literature on adult learning. Charting challenges and successes in the sector, it illustrates how taking part in well-thought-out programmes can have a positive and sometimes life-saving impact on people's lives. While grounded in adult learning practice, the book draws…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Lynne Chisholm Ed.; Abrar Hasan Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2010
In the 21st century, the rapid pace and complexity of economic, technological and cultural changes require women and men to adapt and re-adapt throughout their lives--all the more so in the context of globalisation. In this era of the knowledge society--where production structure is shifting towards greater knowledge use and away from reliance on…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2009
Dyscalculia is considered to be a learning difficulty or difference. It is increasingly being recognised and "diagnosed" within adult learning. However, practitioners are often unclear about whether learners who are considered to have dyscalculia are entitled to access arrangements for examinations and assessments, and which access…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Learning Problems, Adult Learning

Knox, Alan B. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1980
The author's theory of adult learning and teaching uses proficiency as a unifying concept to relate acquisition of knowledge, skills, and attitudes to improved performance, which motivates adult learning. An interest in enhanced proficiency, the capability to perform, given the opportunity encourages adults to persist in learning activities.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Competency Based Education, Continuing Education
Western European Education, 1989
Maintains that education should be democratic and develop people's ability to manage their lives. Looks at examples of democratic education in Western European countries. Concentrating on adult education, critiques current educational practices and discusses the relationship between education, cultural democracy, democratization of the work place,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Community Education, Democratic Values
Keogh, Helen – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2004
Any consideration of recent and proposed developments in education and training at European Union (EU) level points, in a word, to "Lisbon". "Lisbon", as in the "Lisbon Agenda", is the destination, the compass and the journey driving developments in education and training systems in the EU member states. This paper…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
MacDonald, Carolyn; And Others – 1989
A study of 32 public and 25 private randomly selected providers of adult education in Scotland focused on their policies toward adult participants and the extent to which the organizations cater to adults. Data were collected from principals, deputy principals, agency managers, and other senior staff throughout Scotland but were concentrated…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Landers, Keneston, Comp. – 1986
These proceedings contain 58 papers. Selected brief titles are: "Teaching Reading in Advanced English to Adult Chinese Students" (Bao); "Analyzing the Training of Trainers and Adult Educators" (Boshier); "Knowledge Utilization in Social Work Practice" (Baskett); "Adult Education in the U.K." (Bright); "Developing Media Literacy in Adults"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Educational Policy
Lytle, Susan L.; Wolfe, Marcie – 1989
Adult literacy programs need reliable information about program quality and effectiveness for accountability, improvement of practice, and expansion of knowledge. Evaluation and assessment reflect fundamental beliefs about adult learners, concepts of literacy, and educational settings. Resources for planning program evaluations include surveys,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Mather, Joy; Atkinson, Sue – 2003
This document explains how tutors and managers in adult education programs across the United Kingdom can smooth the journeys of adults with mental health difficulties who are returning to learning. The handbook begins with suggestions for its use and case studies of two adult learners with mental health difficulties. Sections 1 through 4 discuss…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Jarvis, Peter, Ed. – 2001
This book's 18 chapters provide a multi-disciplinary analysis of lifelong learning and the learning society by doing the following: (1) examining the way that these phenomena have emerged; (2) analyzing the concepts; (3) discussing ways in which the learning society functions; (4) assessing the implications of the learning society for other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Citizenship Education, Delivery Systems
Hinzen, Heribert, Ed. – Adult Education and Development, 2002
This document contains 19 papers on adult education and development worldwide. The following papers are included: "Editorial" (Heribert Hinzen); "Lifelong Learning in Europe: Moving towards EFA (Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All) Goals and the CONFINTEA V Agenda" (Sofia Conference on Adult Education);…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning