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This conference report on adult basic education in European prisons contains the following introductory materials: a list of participants, the program, and introductions to the seminar by Frank Dunne and Pierre Freynet. "Keynote Address" (Robert Suvaal) discusses five items a prison educator must deal with: philosophy, position of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation
Boros, Janos, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 16 papers on practices in correctional education in Central and Eastern Europe, presented at a conference in Hungary in 1997. The papers center around these four topics: (1) Prison System and Humanization; (2) New Challenges in Prison Life and Prison Education; (3) Nothing Works? Something Works; and (4) Beyond 2000. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
O'Hayre, Bernard, Ed. – 1981
This document contains the texts of papers presented at a forum designed to make educators and Department of Education officials aware of the special educational needs of prisoners and of the problems involved in providing adequate educational services to clients of the criminal justice systems. Included among those providing input at the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Educational Needs
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Hamburg (Germany). Inst. for Education. – 1999
This booklet examines adult education needs and opportunities for incarcerated persons from the perspective of experts and former inmates. The booklet considers adult learning a basic human right and a crucial step towards the reintegration and the rehabilitation of prisoners and that there is a great demand for learning in correctional…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Civil Liberties
Literacy & Numeracy Exchange, 1992
This third of three volumes of the 1992 Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) Conference Papers is a special edition of "Literacy and Numeracy Exchange." It includes nine papers from workshops with a more local New South Wales focus. "Literacy, Language, and Numeracy in the Workplace in the Context of Industry…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Classroom Techniques
California Community Coll. Community Services Association. – 1976
This compilation of 25 papers presented at the National Conference on Community Services in the Community College would be useful to anyone seeking to establish or modify a community service program. The authors describe programs and practices at various community colleges and offer recommendations for improving both. Subjects addressed include:…
Descriptors: College Role, Community Colleges, Community Services, Conference Reports
PDF pending restorationFerro, Trenton R., Ed.; Dean, Gary J., Ed. – 1995
These proceedings contain 11 refereed papers and 2 symposia in which researchers and practitioners share research findings focusing on the link between research and practice in adult, continuing, and community education. "Literacy Skill Standards for the Workplace" (Eunice N. Askov) summarizes efforts leading toward voluntary industry skill…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Business Education
Laubach Literacy International, Syracuse, NY. – 1989
This report contains 10 proclamations prepared by adult new readers at a national conference in September 1989. The proclamations are the result of the new readers' deliberations. They represent the viewpoints of adults who have known firsthand the hardships of illiteracy and the triumph of learning to read. Each proclamation consists of a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Citizenship Education
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
Missouri Univ., St. Louis. Univ. Extension - East Central Region. – 1989
Thirty-one papers are included in this compilation: "Learning as a Part of Political Campaigning" (Boggs); "Life Review among Senior Citizens as Product of Drama" (Boggs, Leptak); "The Knowing/Doing Dilemma" (Bodrey, Felstehausen); "Facilitating Individuation in the Adult Learning Group" (Dirkx); "The Fourth R: Relationships in the Adult Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Continuing Education
King, Kathleen P., Ed.; Ferro, Trenton R., Ed. – 1998
This conference provided researchers and practitioners with a forum for sharing research findings that focus on the link between research and practice in adult, continuing, and community education. The proceedings consists of 17 papers and a symposium. The agenda is provided. The three invited papers are as follows: "Imprisoned Bodies--Free…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy
Cagungun, Hazel – 2000
This document contains information about and from a conference on addressing the training and employment needs of youth with mental health disabilities in the juvenile justice system that was held by the National Mental Health Association (NMHA). The document begins with an executive summary and nine recommendations for the Youth Subcommittee of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Change Strategies, Conferences, Correctional Education
