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Scully-Russ, Ellen – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2015
In this article, Ellen Scully-Russ responds to St. Clair's analysis (EJ1072357) of the recent policy report from the Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, "Making Skills Everyone's Business: A Call to Transform Adult Learning in the United States" (MSEB) (United States Department of Education [USDoE], 2015). While Scully-Russ…
Descriptors: Reader Response, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Change
Street, Brian V. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This essay offers a commentary on how the relationship between language and literacy practices in and out of school has been conceptualized. It draws upon two new books in the field. Shirley Brice Heath's new book, "Words at Work and Play: Three Decades in Family and Community Life," which makes use of rich ethnographic accounts of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Literacy, Writing Skills
Willmott, Ross – Adults Learning, 2010
In this paper, the author shares his perspective on the future of lifelong learning by looking back to the vision of the pioneers of adult learning, and picking out four messages that are relevant as people face their own, distinct, challenges. The author stresses the need to seize the opportunity to reinvigorate the original vision of adult…
Descriptors: Educational History, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Foreign Countries

Brandt, Barbara LeGrand; And Others – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1993
Cognitive apprenticeship teaches acceptable performance, integration of practical and theoretical knowledge, and understanding specific situations. Five phases are involved: modeling, approximating, fading, self-directed learning, and generalizing. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Modeling (Psychology)
Gilbert, Howard – Adults Learning, 2004
The author brings together the question posed in Kathryn Ecclestone's article in last month's "Adults Learning--"Where's the vision?"--and the letter from Wayne Bennett, General Manager of Dillington House, about the threat to residential colleges. The author brings out some of the connections between them and issues surrounding adult community…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Community Programs, Skill Development
Otero, Maria – Performance and Instruction, 1985
Suggests four characteristics that any training programs for women in developing countries must share if they are to be effective: (1) they must utilize adult learning principles and (2) participatory methodologies; (3) train for action; and (4) build self-confidence. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Andragogy, Developing Nations, Females
Adults Learning (England), 2000
Reactions to proposed British legislation include "A Warm Welcome"; "Learning to Succeed" (Taubman); "Counting down to 1 April 2001" (Silver, Gravatt); "Two Cheers (at Least) for the Learning and Skills Bill" (Taylor); "Reflecting Our Priorities" (Gibson); "The Beginning of a Golden Age?"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Legislation, Foreign Countries
Philadelphia Community Coll., PA. – 1978
The items in this report represent the proceedings of a national conference that explored ways in which community colleges can serve the nontraditional student. The report contains the program for the two-day conference, a list of the participants and their addresses, and excerpts from speeches on the following topics: assessing past performance…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bell, Chip; Putman, Tony – Training and Development Journal, 1979
To design a learner-centered training process, the author emphasizes focusing on the creative artistry of people and the logic of human beings. Lists sixteen key skills designers should obtain to design and develop training programs. (CSS)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Guidelines
Hill, Kearney H. J. – 1985
Futurists claim that computers will change the workplace and the entire society of the United States within the next few years. Already they are making many changes such as displacement of clerical workers and creation of more jobs for programmers and analysts. In the future, the majority of adults will need to be computer literate. However,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Basic Skills

Wilson, Vicky – Distance Education, 1994
Analyzes current opinion on the development of information literacy skills among adult higher education students. Highlights include lifelong learning; information literacy and the role of the academic librarian; adult learning theory; defining information skills; and information literacy and the external student, including continuing education,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Continuing Education
Trabert, Judith A. – 1979
This paper describes the functional-notional approach to language teaching and learning in terms of the ways it can be used to meet the communicative needs of the potential language learners, particularly adults, who vary in what they want to do in the target language. It contrasts the functional system with conventional approaches, illustrates…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages)
Lerch, Carol – 2002
College students enrolled in developmental mathematics and elementary algebra courses typically make the same mistakes repeatedly. Moreover, the same mistakes are made every semester, regardless of the students involved. Lev Vygotsky's concept of fossilization, which refers to the phenomenon of learning being lost over time and only behaviors…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Algebra, Cognitive Processes, College Students
Adults Learning, 2005
Some of the leading players in adult learning and a few regular contributors of "Adults Learning" were asked about what they would like to see on the agendas of ministers in the new Government. This article shares and presents the thoughts of these players in adult learning. These include: (1) "Sounds like lifelong learning" by…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Lifelong Learning, Adult Learning, Equal Education
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1984
This collection of papers focuses on numeracy education for adults. In a paper entitled "Functional Numeracy," Terry Riley questions the underlying assumptions of functional numeracy and suggests that the term has often been distorted and oversimplified. Margeret Moss, in her paper "The Language of Numeracy," stresses that…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Basic Skills
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