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Thomsen, Stephan L.; Weilage, Insa – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2023
Language skills are central to refugee integration and the availability of language courses could thus be a limiting factor. We explore how the most important provider of language courses in Germany, adult education centers (VHS), adapted their course supply to the refugee wave of 2015/2016. Our results highlight two channels through which the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Refugees, Social Integration
Isabel Alonso – ProQuest LLC, 2021
In the 21st century, digital technology skills are necessary to succeed in technology-rich environments such as the school, the workplace, and daily life activities such as shopping online, applying for jobs, working online, and receiving education. This qualitative case the study provided insights into digital literacy and the most influential…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Digital Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Chris Corbel – TESOL in Context, 2024
This article explores the 'burden of compliance' experienced by providers and teachers in the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), a large national English as an Additional Language (EAL) program in Australia. It shows how compliance requirements have been shaped by the relationship between two groups, those who make and operationalise relevant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Migrants, Adults, English (Second Language)
Boonteerarak, Patchara – LEARN Journal: Language Education and Acquisition Research Network, 2021
The objectives of the study are to develop a curriculum for an English training for counter clerks in convenience stores in Chiang Mai, Thailand and to evaluate the effectiveness of the developed curriculum. A mixed-method research design was employed. In the curriculum development phase, participants were 20 counter clerks and 10 administrators…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), English for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Employees
Hayo Reinders, Ed.; Coombe, Christine, Ed.; Littlejohn, Andrew, Ed.; Tafazoli, Dara, Ed. – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2019
This edited collection presents a study of innovation in teaching, learning, assessment and teacher development practices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The thirteen research-based chapters in this collection examine recent innovations in English language teaching, drawing on classroom, administrative and learning experiences from…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Coskun, Zeynep Nesrin; Mitrani, Cagla – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
The aim of the study is to design an effective instruction build on the Dick and Carey Model and game-based learning that enables an undiagnosed language learner of dyslexia, facing problems in vocabulary acquisition to acquire a pre-defined number of vocabularies in a given time. The method of the curriculum development study is based on a case…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Vocabulary Development, Game Based Learning, Teaching Methods
Shade Avery Kirjava; Darshana Rawal; Alec Xia; Minhazul Moshin – Discover Education, 2023
Though many individuals in the United States of America and worldwide identify as LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other identities), educational programs for allied health professions often do not adequately cover LGBTQ+ issues. The literature clearly identifies a dearth of LGBTQ+ information in…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, Course Content, Development, Social Change
Jones, Deborah – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This paper provides a review of oracy in primary education (5-11) in England. It discusses the nature of talk, acknowledging it as integral to the learning and teaching process and traces the history and development of the place of oracy within the curriculum. The article provides a critique of related policy initiatives including various…
Descriptors: Oral Language, National Curriculum, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Lindley Barker; Heather Norman-Burgdolf; Annie Koempel; Katie Pickford; Tammy Stephenson; Dawn Brewer – Journal of Human Sciences & Extension, 2024
Sustainable eating may benefit both the environment and human health. Currently, no Extension programs addressing healthy and sustainable eating are available that target adults in communities. Since sustainable eating is a sensitive topic, this project engaged Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Extension agents in Kentucky, to garner their…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Extension Agents, Extension Education, Sustainability
Natalie Teras Armstrong – ProQuest LLC, 2021
A qualitative research design structured this case study to investigate the motivations of seven speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to supervise graduate fieldwork placements. The purpose of this study was to determine motivational factors affecting the SLPs willingness to work with graduate students which in turn could be contributing to the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Motivation, Supervisors
Atkinson, Michael – Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 2017
Ostensibly, the orientation towards learning outcomes in adult English language and literacy delivery ensures that the focus is on standardised skill development and knowledge acquisition of students. Such measureable development is seen as foundational to broader employability skills and job readiness. It is an agenda however which ignores the…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Boyer, MaryAngel – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Training programs that combine learning English with career and vocational skills are highly desired to prepare many displaced workers that are English speakers of other languages (ESOL). Globalization has caused jobs to be exported and brought to this country, people with needed skills that do not have full command of the English language. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, English Language Learners, Vocational Education, Employment Potential
Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Feedback (Response), Course Evaluation
What Works in Early Childhood Education Programs?: A Meta-Analysis of Preschool Enhancement Programs
Joo, Young Sun; Magnuson, Katherine; Duncan, Greg J.; Schindler, Holly S.; Yoshikawa, Hirokazu; Ziol-Guest, Kathleen M. – Early Education and Development, 2020
Research Findings: This study uses data from a comprehensive meta-analytic database of early childhood education (ECE) program evaluations published between 1960 and 2007 in the United States to examine the incremental effects of adding enhancement program components to ECE programs on children's cognitive abilities, pre-academic skills,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Cognitive Ability, Academic Ability, Child Behavior
Carter, Jason Lee – International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives, 2015
As the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) is soon to become a reality for Southeast Asia, Thailand is literally at the center of this radical change in politics, culture, business opportunities, but most especially in education. Never before has another change in the region ever forecast such a major impact on the "Land of Smiles," but never…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Curriculum Development, Teacher Evaluation