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Direct linkAppleton, Eric; Farina, Solange; Holzer, Tyler; Kotelawala, Usha; Trushkowsky, Mark – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2017
This article describes the New York City Community of Adult Math Instructors (CAMI), a math teachers' circle founded in November 2014. The authors share details about their own participation in CAMI to show the professional growth that research-based, peer-led professional development can offer for adult educators.
Descriptors: Questioning Techniques, Problem Solving, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Download full textRaymer, Annalisa L. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
Over 200 municipalities from 48 countries belong to a global network of localities working independently and collectively to realize a robust concept of cities, towns and regions as ecosystems of lifelong learning for the well-being of individuals, communities, nations and the planet. What is the number of U.S. localities participating? Zero. This…
Descriptors: International Cooperation, International Organizations, Municipalities, Lifelong Learning
Jorgensen, Sara; Schwartz, Joni – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2012
The American adult education and literacy movement in the early twentieth century had its roots deep in the study and practice of democracy (Ramdeholl, Giordani, Heaney, Yanow, 2010). From Lindeman, Dewey, Laubach, Horton, to Heaney and Brookfield, a persistent theme is the indispensable relationship between democracy and adult education. For…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRivera, William M.; Gschwender, Edward J. – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1980
Describes the rationale, organization, and activities of a comprehensive system for professional development in New York state, the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Clearinghouses, Delivery Systems, Educational Resources
Greene, David – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2007
There is an urgent need to build a movement for adult education in the United States. Tens of thousands more classes are needed to enable democratic participation in the economy and society. This dramatic expansion of adult education and literacy should be aimed at the development of critical consciousness and civic participation of over ninety…
Descriptors: Social Control, Adult Education, Adult Students, Equal Education
Charters, Alexander N. – 1980
This report offers a comprehensive perspective of the operations of the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults upon the completion of its fourth contractual year. The mission of CREA is to provide resources and information about resources for use in the professional development of educators of adults. The report reviews the mission,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Adults
Adult Educator Exchange Program. Pennsylvania 310 Project. Final Report, July 1, 1980-June 30, 1981.
Royce, Sherry – 1981
Field experience reports are provided for exemplary adult education programs in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia which were each visited by an adult education administrator from another of the programs. Each report overviews the program, makes observations on unique aspects of the program (such as programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Basic Continuing Education. – 1973
A project was designed to demonstrate that the inservice education of adult basic education teachers could be individualized. To accomplish this objective, the project (1) developed a self-instructional training course for teachers of English as a Second Language to adults, (2) used these course materials as the basis for training (on an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction
American Univ., Washington, DC. Adult Learning Potential Inst. – 1980
This document on involvement by states and higher education in adult learning is one in a series of four developed to provide a comprehensive overview of the scope of training practices relating to adult learning. It consists of two sections, each summarizing the results of extensive surveys pertaining to training programs for special adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
