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Download full textOntario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on learning disabilities among people in adult literacy programs in Canada. Panelists discussed several definitions of learning disabilities, such as processing difficulties, physical difficulties, and receptive difficulties. They debated the usefulness of labeling persons with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Improvement
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1994
This document contains the five papers presented at a meeting at which key issues in evaluating workplace literacy programs were discussed. In "Key Components of Workplace Liteacy Projects and Definitions of Project 'Modules,'" Judith A. Alamprese describes the context for evaluating the National Extension Program, components of workplace literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Articulation (Education), Educational Research
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on recognition for learning in adult literacy programs in Canada. Participants discussed the need to provide credentials for learners who have acquired various "chunks" of learning. Recognition was thought to be a motivator for adults even if they did not need the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1992
This document contains a synthesis of the debate on the significant developments since 1986 and on the future agenda for literacy education, held at a seminar attended by 40 participants from 21 countries. The synthesis summarizes workshops on models of literacy practice, national policies, development of partnerships, evaluation, and research,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Definitions, Developed Nations
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. Coll. of Education. – 1991
These proceedings and addendum contain 31 papers: "Linking Motivation and Participation in Adult Education" (Babchuk, Courtney); "Workplace Literacy Education as Contextual Learning" (Babchuk, Dirkx); "Model for Focusing Research in Adult Agricultural Education" (Birkenholz et al.); "A Research Agenda for Adult Civic Education" (Boggs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education, Guelph (Ontario). – 1985
These proceedings contain 28 papers (20 in English and 8 in French), including the following: "Beyond Ideology: The Case of the Corporate Classroom" (Zinman); "De quelques dimensions paradoxales de l'education interculturelle" (Ollivier); "Ideology, Indoctrination and the Language of Physics" (Winchester);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Gillen, Marie A., Ed.; Sinnett, William E., Ed. – 1986
These proceedings contain 19 papers from 3 of 4 symposia on the theme of frontiers and futures of adult education. Abstracts appear at the beginning of the volume. The following papers are included: "Symposium: Frontiers and Futures in International Adult Education" (Draper, Kassam, Roberts); "The Meaning of Liberation in Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Gillen, Marie A., Ed.; Burkholder, Avon, Ed. – 1987
These proceedings contain 14 papers and notes from 2 symposia in English and 2 papers in French. Abstracts appear at the beginning of the volume. The following papers are included: "Symposium Notes: What Is the Future of Adult Education in Canada?" (Bernard, MacNeil, Selman); "John Dewey Dialogues with an Adult Educator in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Bartram, Peter E., Ed. – 1984
These proceedings contain 24 papers in English and 3 papers in French: "Adult Education and the Social Sciences" (Draper); "Readability as Applied to an ABE (Adult Basic Education) Assessment Instrument" (Taylor, Wahlstrom); "Quality of Worklife: Adult Education Administrators Speak Out" (McKee, Murphy); "The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Students
Reno, Hilde, Comp.; Witte, Maria, Comp. – 1996
The following are among the 56 papers included in this proceedings: "Contextual Factors Associated with Evaluation Practices of Selected Adult and Continuing Education Providers in Malaysia" (S. Ahmad); "The Professional Ethic and the Spirit of Post-Modernism" (P. Armstrong); "Transforming the Teacher-Student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Standing Conference on Univ. Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults. – 1997
This CD-ROM contains 693 papers on university teaching and research in the education of adults that were presented during the 27-year period from 1970 through 1997. The CD-ROM is designed to be used with the Macintosh, Windows 95, and Windows 3.1 operating systems and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (version 3), which is included along with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Kuchinke, K. Peter, Ed. – 2000
This two-volume document contains the proceedings of the 2000 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). Volume 1 contains the following materials: conference overview; text of a town forum on social responsibility and human resource development (HRD); papers from symposia 1-24; and papers from innovative sessions 1-4. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
