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Egan, Patsy; Andress, Elizabeth – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2018
Establishing adult career pathways is challenging, complex work. In Minnesota, a new professional development initiative provides ABE managers with a facilitated, supported, year-long cohort as they work to create or strengthen a career pathway program in collaboration with WIOA partners in their localities. In this article, the rationale, design,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Professional Development, Management Development, Program Effectiveness
UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2018
Basic education is essential if societies and economies are to thrive and become sustainable in challenging times. However, many people have never had an opportunity to benefit from education and many others leave the initial phase of education without attaining the level of proficiency in literacy and numeracy needed to participate fully in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Basic Education, Recognition (Achievement), Accreditation (Institutions)
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Hughes, Bob; Arbogast, Janet; Kafer, Lindsey; Chen, Julianna – Adult Learning, 2014
Teaching graduate students to conduct evaluations is typically relegated to evaluation methods courses. This approach misses an opportunity for students to collaboratively use evaluation skills to explore content. This article examines a graduate course, Issues in Adult Basic Education, in which students learned evaluation methods concurrently…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Graduate Students, Evaluation Methods, Methods Courses
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Mackenzie, Sarah V.; Marnik, George F. – Schools: Studies in Education, 2008
In order to meet the needs of evolving school leaders, university professors and others who provide professional development must rethink and expand their roles. Based on experiences as instructors in a leadership development program, the authors had the opportunity to explore and understand more fully how leaders grow. This article describes our…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Leadership Training, Adult Learning, Adult Students
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Shaw, Donita Massengill; Berg, Margaret A. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2009
The purpose of this research was to evaluate the impact of a word study literacy approach on the spelling ability and self-efficacy of adults in a county jail. Forty-four inmates participated in the word study intervention that provided them with hands-on learning. The word study intervention was conducted in four separate sessions (September,…
Descriptors: Spelling, Intervention, Self Efficacy, Adult Basic Education