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Download full textMalone, Joan L. – 1998
This document contains presentations and other materials from a 1997 symposium of practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and funders that was convened to discuss education of direct care workers in the field of health care. The document begins with an executive summary and the keynote address "Why Workplace Literacy?" (Larry Mikulecky).…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Colleges, Conferences
Heft, Riva, Ed.; Rovinescu, Olivia, Ed. – 1993
The following papers from a conference on the dimensions of literacy in a multicultural society are included in this volume: "Literacy: Affirmation and Empowerment in a Multicultural Society" (Simms); "Literacy, Border Pedagogy, and Multiculturalism in the Aftermath of the Los Angeles Uprising" (Giroux); "Alphabetisme et…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Civil Liberties
Kimmel, Jessica C., Comp. – 1998
Among 51 papers and 3 symposia are the following: "Learning What?" (Andruske); "Stories Adult Learners Tell" (Armstrong); "Towards a Pedagogy for Disempowering Our Enemies" (Baptiste); "Teaching Scholarly Writing to Doctoral Students" (Barnett et al.); "The Outcomes and Impact of Adult Literacy Education" (Beder); "A Feminist Critique of Human…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Sork, Thomas J., Ed.; Chapman, Valerie-Lee, Ed.; St. Clair, Ralf, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings contain 102 papers, 32 roundtables, and 5 symposia. Among the papers are "Weathered by Their Experiences" (Aiken); "Politics of Knowledge and Theory Construction in Adult Education (AE)" (Alfred); "Self-Directed Learning as a Political Act" (Andruske); "All Things Bold and Beautiful" (Armstrong); "Violence Against Women" (Baird);…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Afrocentrism
Australian Vocational Education and Training Research Association, Alexandria. – 2001
This document contains 95 papers and summaries of 5 poster sessions from an Australian conference on putting vocational education and training (VET) research to work. The following are among the areas covered in the papers: factors affecting VET graduates' employability over time; technical and further education (TAFE) institutes as models of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Case Studies
Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). – 2000
This document contains a total of 57 welcoming speeches, theme addresses, seminar and workshop papers, and poster sessions that were presented at a conference on technological education and national development. The papers explore the ways technology and technological advances have both necessitated and enabled changes in the way education is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
Vocational Training Council (Hong Kong). – 2000
This document contains 123 papers from an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The papers focus on the following themes: (1) societal and ethical issues; (2) human resource development and personnel training; (3) international issues; (4) information technology in VET;…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Adult Learning, Alternative Assessment
