NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Better Basic Skills: Better Business. A Guide for Learning Providers
Direct linkDirect link
Learning and Work Institute, 2020
Adult education, learning and skills providers are familiar with the longstanding national challenge of poor adult basic skills, and many providers use their Adult Education Budget funding to offer English and math classes for adults. In recent years, there has been a focus on supporting unemployed adults to achieve the good literacy and numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Skill Development, Workplace Learning
Adult Education and Literacy: Coordinator Handbook. Program Year 2019-2020
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2018
Adult education and literacy has never been more valued in Iowa than it is now. Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) empowers individuals to become self-sufficient by providing the basic skills and knowledge necessary to complete a secondary education credential and helps them meet their education and career goals. Nationally, AEL programs serve 1.5…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Secondary Education, Adult Basic Education
Adult Education and Literacy: Coordinator Handbook. Program Year 2018
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2017
Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) empowers individuals to become self-sufficient by providing the basic skills and knowledge necessary to complete a secondary education credential and helps them meet their education and career goals. Nationally, AEL programs serve 1.5 million adults who are no longer in school and who lack basic literacy and math…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Secondary Education, Adult Basic Education
A Dictionary of Education. Second Edition. Oxford Quick Reference
Direct linkDirect link
Wallace, Susan – Oxford University Press, 2015
Education is of relevance to everyone but it involves a specialized vocabulary and terminology which may be opaque or unfamiliar to those new to the field. This UK-focused Dictionary of Education provides clear and concise definitions for over 1,100 terms, from A* to zero tolerance, that anyone studying education or working in the field is likely…
Descriptors: Education, Dictionaries, Definitions, Vocabulary
"Give Courage to the Ladies:" Expansive Apprenticeship for Women in Rural Malawi
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Safford, Kimberly; Cooper, Deborah; Wolfenden, Freda; Chitsulo, Joyce – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Apprenticeship in developed and industrialised nations is increasingly understood and practised as learning which connects workplace activity and formal study. The concept of "expansive apprenticeship" defines frameworks for workforce development where participants acquire knowledge and skills which will help them in the future as well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Females, Apprenticeships
Adult Literacy and Television: An Annotated Bibliography
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Centre for Literacy, 2000
Television has been seen by some as an enemy of literacy and by others as a tool for enhancing literacy. It has been used to arouse public awareness through national campaigns, to instruct in basic skills, and to motivate potential learners to seek education. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), adults with limited literacy…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Television, Foreign Countries