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Bourke, Alan; Vanderveken, James; Ecker, Emily; Bell, Hayley; Richie, Kimberly – Canadian Journal of Education, 2020
This article examines interview data with faculty teaching in a college-community partnership program for low-income adult students in an urban setting. The purpose of the study was to explore faculty understandings of the diverse learning needs of their students and the perceptions they have of the efficacy of their teaching practices regarding…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Low Income, Adult Students, School Community Programs
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Hall, James; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Sylva, Kathy; Smith, Teresa; Sammons, Pamela; Smith, George; Evangelou, Maria; Goff, Jenny; Tanner, Emily; Agur, Maya; Hussey, David – Oxford Review of Education, 2015
This paper presents a review of the family services that were offered by a sample of 121 English Sure Start Children's Centres in 2011 and 2012. Children's Centres are community based facilities that aim to improve outcomes for at-risk families and children through the delivery of a range of services largely aimed at families with young children.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Delivery Systems, Community Services, Community Centers
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Krout, John A. – Gerontologist, 1986
Examines links between senior citizen centers (N=755) and other community agencies. Found that the elderly were often referred to other organizations, but that collocation of services were rare. Cites lack of transportation, time, communication, and an understanding of the needs of the elderly were the most common barriers to senior center…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Centers, Community Services, Delivery Systems
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1975
The position paper examines the roles and responsibilities which adult educators might assume in parent and early childhood education. Written in response to the widely-held view that the American family today is beset by serious problems, the paper attempts to explore, sensitize, and inform the adult education profession of the possibilities…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Advisory Committees, Community Centers
Barnett, Kate; Wilson, Sara – 1994
The following providers of adult community education (ACE) in Australia were examined in case studies: Trott Park Neighbourhood Centre, a neighborhood house with a small ACE program for residents of the Adelaide outer metropolitan area; Workers' Educational Association of South Australia, Incorporated, which provides a large statewide adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Centers
MacAllum, Keith; Johnson, Amy Bell – 2002
The Central Educational Center (CEC) in Newnan, Georgia, is a unique partnership of local businesses and industries, the Coweta County Schools, and West Central Technical College. The CEC's programs were designed to address key concerns of Coweta County educators, parents, business owners and managers, college administrators, and students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adjustment (to Environment), Articulation (Education)