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Direct linkBoulton-Lewis, Gillian M.; Buys, Laurie; Lovie-Kitchin, Jan – Educational Gerontology, 2006
Learning is an important aspect of aging productively. This paper describes results from 2645 respondents (aged from 50 to 74+ years) to a 165-variable postal survey in Australia. The focus is on learning and its relation to work; social, spiritual, and emotional status; health; vision; home; life events; and demographic details. Clustering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Aging (Individuals), Mail Surveys, Adult Learning
Download full textZeidenberg, Matthew; Cho, Sung-Woo; Jenkins, Davis – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
To increase the rate at which adult basic skills students advance to and succeed in college-level occupational programs, the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) developed the Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training, or I-BEST. In the I-BEST model, a basic skills instructor and an occupational instructor team…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Labor Market
Wolf, Alison; Jenkins, Andrew; Vignoles, Anna – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
The education policies of governments have become increasingly directed towards economic ends, including the development of workforce skills. UK governments have been particularly committed to such policies and have adopted some quite distinctive tools, relying heavily on targets and emphasizing certificated rather than uncertificated learning.…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Adult Learning, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries
