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Download full textCalifornia Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2013
This "Program and Course Approval Handbook" assists California Community College (CCC) administrators, faculty, and staff in the development of programs and courses and the submission of these proposals for review by the Chancellor's Office. By law, the Chancellor is required to prepare and distribute a handbook for program and course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Programs, Courses, College Curriculum
National Languages and Literacy Inst. of Australia, Melbourne. Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 1996
This paper reports on the progress of a project to redevelop the Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) in Australia. It describes the progress to date and the expected next steps, and it lists 10 Accreditation Principles that must be met for a curriculum to be approved. Descriptions of routes for attaining the CGEA (foundation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations, Educational Certificates
Johnson, Vivian R. – Equity and Choice, 1991
Miles Park School views outreach to families, community groups, and businesses as necessary for educational success. Support programs in tutoring, counseling, and high school equivalency for parents are offered, while parents participate in grant-writing, instruction, and program development. Describes the school's drug prevention program. (CJS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDarinskii, A. V. – Russian Education and Society, 1992
Reviews the history of night schools that provide secondary equivalency programs in the Soviet Union and Russia. Asserts that now is the appropriate time to make changes in the objectives and curriculum of these programs. Recommends that the curriculum be more differentiated so that a wider range of students can be served and broader educational…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Mulcrone, Patricia; Chapman, Jean B. – 1981
From September 15, 1980 to June 30, 1981, William Rainey Harper College (Illinois) conducted a project to train high school equivalency program teachers with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in their classes. The training addressed the special needs of the LEP students in mathematics, English writing, and English reading instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Philadelphia School District, PA. – 1997
A project was conducted in Philadelphia to help adult students obtain a high school diploma as an alternative to or enhancement of a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. During fiscal year 1996-97 the Metropolitan Career Center (MCC), in collaboration with the School District of Philadelphia, designed an Alternative Diploma Program…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Certificates
Shoufler, C. Ann – 1992
This guide offers information and supporting materials to educators wishing to establish a high school equivalency program, drawn from experience with the External Diploma Program of Boston's (Massachusetts) Chinese American Civic Association. The program focuses on developing the reading and writing skills of non-English-speaking immigrants. An…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Creative Writing, Curriculum Development
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1993
A project developed a planned course of study using laser disc software to enhance social studies, science, and literature and the arts in Adult Basic Education (ABE)/General Educational Development (GED) reading classes. During the first part of the project, laser disc software was reviewed to ascertain what material was compatible with the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Software Selection, Content Area Reading, Courseware
Central Intermediate Unit 10, Pleasant Gap, PA. – 1995
The New Technologies for ABE/GED (Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development) Classrooms project was conducted to determine the extent to which computer-related technologies are being used in ABE/GED classrooms throughout Pennsylvania and to develop and test methods/materials for integrating technology-based instruction into…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Northampton Community Coll., Bethlehem, PA. Adult Literacy Div. – 1995
To break intergenerational patterns of literacy-related problems, four 10-week cycles of family literacy programming provided direct literacy and family literacy instruction for fathers incarcerated in Northampton County Prison. Participants included 10-12 fathers per cycle of 50 hours weekly in 6 hours of adult basic education, English as a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development
Fisk, William R.; And Others – 1994
A project promoted job literacy skills, improved worker productivity, and completed job-related literacy training covering the three phases of textile manufacturing. It created successful job-related training programs for greige mill and finishing plant employees through the following methods: conducting task analyses, modifying and creating…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Erie City School District, PA. – 1987
A project was conducted at Crossroads Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center (Erie, Pennsylvania) to help residents build self-esteem and confidence through a course involving decision making, problem solving, and values clarification. Strategies, academic skills, reading, writing, and mathematics were introduced as part of the program. Over the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Drug Addiction
Borden, Karl J. – 1973
There are more than 60 million U. S. adults who lack a high school diploma. Their employability is decreasing, due to the upswing in white collar occupations. Also, they are often barred from the skilled and unskilled labor market; on-the-job training is increasingly academic; General Educational Development (GED) examinations are rigorous and the…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Gacka, Richard – 1997
The Adult Education Alternative Diploma project was conducted to develop an alternative program to the General Educational Development (GED) diploma program through which adult students in Pennsylvania could earn actual high school diplomas. During the year-long project, a competency diploma program was developed and implemented in conjunction…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competence, Competency Based Education
Guam Community Coll., Agana. Office of the State Agency for Vocational and Adult Education. – 1992
The 1992 activities in support of the goals described in the Guam State Plan for Adult Education focused on curriculum development and evaluation. Three major programs offered 48 daytime and 101 evening classes for students at 6 sites. The primary components of the adult education instructional programs were adult high school, General Educational…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
