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Zoe Mabbs; Holly Henderson – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2024
This short article gives an account of introducing the tradition of communal singing to Fircroft College of Adult Education in Birmingham, UK. Fircroft is an adult residential college and has its roots in the Danish folk high school movement. Communal singing is a strong tradition of this movement, but the practice has not been used in Fircroft…
Descriptors: Singing, Educational Practices, Adult Students, College Students
Benjamin Lu; Eli Ben-Michael; Avi Feller; Luke Miratrix – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2023
In multisite trials, learning about treatment effect variation across sites is critical for understanding where and for whom a program works. Unadjusted comparisons, however, capture "compositional" differences in the distributions of unit-level features as well as "contextual" differences in site-level features, including…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Statistical Distributions, Program Implementation, Comparative Analysis
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Edouard, Gusman – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
Adult students have different backgrounds, knowledge, experiences, abilities, interests, and learning needs. Hence, teaching all learners the same way is not the most effective. Individual differences should be considered. Exposing a whole class to one set of content, exercises, and assessment activities is unrealistic. In other words, to learn…
Descriptors: Individualized Instruction, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Environment
Benjamin Lu; Eli Ben-Michael; Avi Feller; Luke Miratrix – Grantee Submission, 2022
In multisite trials, learning about treatment effect variation across sites is critical for understanding where and for whom a program works. Unadjusted comparisons, however, capture "compositional" differences in the distributions of unit-level features as well as "contextual" differences in site-level features, including…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Statistical Distributions, Program Implementation, Comparative Analysis
Pooja Patel; Sosanya Jones; James Dean Ward – ITHAKA S+R, 2024
The population of adult learners with Some College, No Credential (SCNC) has risen over the years to over 40 million individuals. A smaller subset of this population has debt that they owe their institutions directly in addition to state, federal, or private loans. As of 2020, approximately 6.6 million students owed more than $15 billion in…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects
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Knipprath, Heidi; De Norre, Jolien – Palgrave Studies in Adult Education and Lifelong Learning, 2020
This chapter focuses on the implementation of Youth Guarantee (YG) in Flanders and Brussels. Because of the Belgian federal government structure, the Belgian Youth Guarantee implementation plan consists of four different implementation plans: one for each language community and one for the bilingual Brussels-Capital Region. As both regions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Youth Programs, Program Implementation, Governance
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Bae, Shil – Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2021
This article conducts a critical analysis of the Incredible Years parenting programme through the lens of post-colonial and post-structural theories. Drawing from Foucault's concept of 'governmentality' and 'discursive normalisation', the author questions the norms and definitions constructed by the implementation of Incredible Years in New…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Postcolonialism, Educational Theories, Program Implementation
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Rosen, David J. – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
The focus of each Technology Solutions for Adult Basic Skills Challenges column begins with a common challenge facing adult basic skills practitioners. This article examines a technology solution to two large and related challenges: student engagement and student persistence, which, from a program or school perspective, is often described as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Technology Uses in Education, Learner Engagement, Academic Persistence
Wu, Zunmin – ECNU Review of Education, 2021
Purpose: This study systematically reviews the China's progress in lifelong education (LLE) policies, theories, and practices in the 40 years since its reform and opening-up and provides several guidelines for developing LLE going forward. Design/Approach/Methods: This study analyzes the characteristics of LLE in China through a review of its…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Williamson, Frances; Durnan, Deborah; Edwards, Tannia; Waites, Mary – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
Previous studies have documented the personal transformation that many low literate adults undergo when they engage in literacy campaigns. In particular, research has captured how improved literacy leads to a greater willingness and capacity to speak out, or what is often referred to as voice. This paper focusses on the impact of an adult…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Literacy, Indigenous Populations
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Dillard, Robert J.; Yu, Helen H. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 2018
Since 2002, nearly one million veterans have pursued higher education upon completion of their military service; however, the military-to-academic transition has been fraught with challenges. Despite concrete efforts by an increasing number of colleges and universities to help veterans make the transition, one recurring theme persists--many…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Veterans Education, Faculty Development, College Students
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Ponguta, Liliana Angelica; Issa, Ghassan; Aoudeh, Lara; Maalouf, Cosette; Nourallah, Sawsan; Khoshnood, Kaveh; Zonderman, Anna Leslie; Katsovich, Liliya; Moore, Christina; Salah, Rima; Al-Soleiti, Majd; Britto, Pia Rebello; Leckman, James Frederick – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019
Despite the knowledge that quality early childhood development programs, including those that target parental knowledge and behaviors, are essential for ameliorating the negative effects of early-life adversity, robust analyses of their implementation and impact in highly vulnerable settings are scarce. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Parent Child Relationship
Stevens, Connor; Egglestone, Corin; Stevenson, Alex; Patel, Ash – Learning and Work Institute, 2019
This report sets out the results of work undertaken by Learning and Work Institute (L&W) in 2017/18 to develop and test the use of social metrics in Adult Community Learning provision to capture a range of wider outcomes of learning. The report highlights lessons learned, examples of effective practice and suggests ways in which the use of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Outcome Measures, Accreditation (Institutions)
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Harrington, A. Katherine; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – Grantee Submission, 2018
For several decades, lifelong learning has been discussed both in terms of its ability to provide both individual and national economic benefits. However, while the importance of lifelong learning, particularly in lieu of occupational changes, has been emphasized, the creation or adaptation of funding methods for lifelong learning specifically in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Educational Finance, Comparative Education
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Harrington, Katherine; Cummins, Phyllis A.; Yamashita, Takashi – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
For several decades, lifelong learning has been discussed both in terms of its ability to provide both individual and national economic benefits. However, while the importance of lifelong learning, particularly in lieu of occupational changes, has been emphasized, the creation or adaptation of funding methods for lifelong learning specifically in…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Older Adults, Educational Finance, Comparative Education
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