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Download full textElufiede, Kemi, Ed.; Flynn, Bonnie, Ed. – Adult Higher Education Alliance, 2016
The 36th Annual Adult Higher Education Alliance (AHEA) Conference was held on March 10-11, 2016 in Orlando, Florida, on the campus of the University of Central Florida. There were 48 presentations from scholars and practitioners from 20 states who participated in the conference. The contributions to these proceedings represent the best of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Mentors, Adult Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Boyer, Kristy Elizabeth, Ed.; Yudelson, Michael, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2018
The 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2018) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Templeton Landing in Buffalo, New York. This year's EDM conference was highly competitive, with 145 long and short paper submissions. Of these, 23 were accepted as full papers and 37…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Computer Science Education, Program Proposals
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1998
This document contains the proceedings of a conference on adult learners conducted to identify barriers that prevent certain groups of adults from participating in lifelong learning opportunities and to deepen understanding of practices and institutional arrangements that better enable such adults to learn. Following a summary of the workshops of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Singh, Madhu, Ed.; Castro Mussot, Luz-Maria, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (NJ1), 2007
This publication contains the results of the conference "South-South Policy Dialogue on Quality Education for Adults and Young People" that took place in Mexico City in 2005. Articles were written by participants who presented their national programmes from the governmental perspective, which were reflected in the literacy policies, but…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Learning
Brocklehurst, Nancy – College Board Review, 1979
Major forces that will create more change in adult education programs and new concepts for the future of the adult learning society are described in this report of the Adult Education Conference of 1979. Changing demographics, new delivery systems, career education, competency-based education, credit for experience, and illiteracy are discussed.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
National Inst. on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1995
This conference explored the relationship between the public library, community-based adult education, and lifelong learning. The eight commissioned papers presented include: "Community Based Adult Jewish Learning Program: Issues and Concerns" (Paul A. Flexner); "Rural and Small Libraries: Provisions for Lifelong Learning" (Bernard Vavrek);…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Community Education
Polo, Blanca R., Comp. – 1990
Adult education is an umbrella concept under which come various dimensions, including adult literacy, adult basic education, continued education, continued professional education, and adult vocational education. To be effective, an adult educator must realize that: (1) adults learn differently than children do; (2) adult education must develop…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Gallaudet Univ., Washington, DC. – 1988
This combined proceedings document presents the highlights of two historic national events: the First National Congress and the 1988 National Conference on Adults with Special Learning Needs. A summary of the Congress discusses the theme of empowerment and the declaration adopted calling for the adult and continuing education community to address…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Conference Proceedings, Continuing Education
Mojab, Shahrzad, Ed.; McQueen, William, Ed. – 2002
This document contains the texts of 57 papers, 10 roundtables, and 7 symposia from a Canadian conference on adult education and public policy. The following are among the papers included: "Childhood, Schooling Family and Community" (Margarida Aguiar); "Voices Inside" (Irene C. Baird); "Beyond Personal Agency" (Rose…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Nesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Rivera, William M., Comp.; Walker, Sharon M., Comp. – 1987
Among the 46 papers in this proceedings are the following 36 selected titles: "The Intergenerational Exercise/Movement Program" (Ansello); "Using Computers for Adult Literacy Instruction" (Askov et al.); "Measuring Adults' Attitudes toward Computers" (Delcourt, Lewis); "Issues in Computers and Adult Learning" (Gerver); "Preassessment of Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Whaples, Gene C., Comp.; Rivera, William M., Comp. – 1982
These conference proceedings contain 55 papers and symposia presented at the conference whose focus was on nonformal adult education. Papers deal with adult/continuing education concerns such as participatory research, ABLE (Adult Basic Level Education) parenting, army basic skills educational development, learning contracts, volunteerism,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Rio Salado Community Coll., AZ. – 1985
This collection consists of materials that were originally presented to adult basic education (ABE) teachers at staff development workshops in Arizona. Included in the first section, which was authored by Elizabeth Fisk Skinner, are various charts, information sheets, and handouts dealing with the following aspects of teaching reading to adults:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This publication documents the presentations, papers, and discussions of two workshops. On theme 4, "Adult Learning, Gender Equality and Equity and the Empowerment of Women," of the Fifth International Conference on Adult Education: "Women's Education: The Contending Discourses and Possibilities for Change" and "Raising Gender Issues in Different…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Langenbach, Michael, Comp. – 1991
Papers in this volume include: "Retirement Learning" (Adair); "Effect of Literacy on Personal Income" (Blunt); "Popular Discourse Concerning Women and AIDS" (Boshier); "John Steinbeck's Learning Project" (Brockett); "Faculty Careers of Professors of Adult Education" (Caffarella); "Racism in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Adult Educators
