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Direct linkAkintolu, Morakinyo; Uleanya, Chinaza; Letseka, Moeketsi – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2022
Education is a major tool for development and equalizer. This somewhat accounts for the quest for education, at various levels, including adults who were unable to attain an education degree earlier in life. Thus, Adult Education and Training (AET) programmes are established in different community centres to promote adult literacy in different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Community Centers, Community Programs
Preece, Julia – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
Universities have traditionally embraced three missions: teaching, research and community service. The latter usually receives lower status than the other two missions. There has, however, been a revival of interest in community service as a policy oriented exercise for universities and regional development, partly stimulated by international…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Service Learning, Foreign Countries, Institutional Mission
Wilson, Bruce – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2011
At a time when the OECD (2007) is advocating more local engagement for higher education institutions, this study looks at a number of community initiatives in Australia where local universities have played a key role. All were studied as part of the PASCAL Universities and Regional Engagement (PURE) project, which involves a total of 19 regions…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Duke, Chris – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Extramural liberal adult education (LAE), as conceived in the particular UK tradition, was doomed by its high-minded origins and its privileged status, and contributed little to the new concepts of "éducation permanente," lifelong learning, the knowledge society, the learning society and region, or to the new understandings of university…
Descriptors: Local History, Adult Education, General Education, Educational Change
Cuban, Sondra – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
A study of women migrant domestic workers in the USA and their reasons for participating and persisting in community-based literacy and ESOL programmes is presented. Case studies and themes were developed about the women's experiences of work life and how it connected to their programme participation. The findings revealed that the women had…
Descriptors: Service Occupations, Employed Women, Persistence, Community Programs
Ahmad, Abdul Razaq; Abiddin, Norhasni Zainal; Azman, Norzaini; Mustapha, Ramlee; Sail, Rahim Md; Kasa, Zakaria; Ismaill, Ismi Ariff – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2007
This article discusses the goals and challenges of adult education in Malaysia. In addition, it reports on the evaluation of two programmes--Computer Literacy and Civic Development--offered by a government agency called the Community Development Department (KEMAS) to rural communities. In both programmes, the respondents scored high in cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Program Evaluation, Computer Literacy
