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Boraks, Nancy – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1981
Suggests that the appropriateness of a methodology for the study of adult literacy programs be determined by assessing the extent to which the methodology speaks to the information needs and context complexity involved. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Ethnography
Bolton, Elizabeth B.; Jones, Edward V. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1979
The authors present a method for translating assessed needs into goals and objectives for program development and evaluation. The outline of a six-step process is followed by specific suggestions for the use of an adult basic education advisory committee to carry out the procedure. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Educational Objectives
Dutton, Donnie – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Examines the following issues: Options of and barriers to professionalizing the adult basic education (ABE) position, gaining status and respectability in the university and college environment, making ABE a viable part of the adult education program, and future role of the professor in ABE. (Author/SH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Ball, Howard G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1979
Describes a model for the selection of instructional materials for adult basic education programs. Reviews the model's seven stages: identifying learner problems; defining objectives; prescribing learning experiences; selecting instructional materials; selecting appropriate deliveries; evaluating and planning improvements; and reorganizing,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Check Lists
Even, Mary Jane – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Results of a study of supervisory practices among administrators of adult basic education (ABE) programs in Nebraska are reported. Highly significant associations were found between supervisory practices and employee attitudes toward their work, longevity, interest in promotion, productivity, and salary, among others. (TA)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Boggs, David L.; And Others – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1978
A study to determine size and characteristics of Ohioans eligible for adult basic education (ABE), program awareness/interest, and conducive attendance conditions. Telephone interviews with 1,536 persons over 16 but with less than 12 years of schooling revealed that: persons eligible/interested in ABE were demographically distinct, and 60 percent…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Wilson, LaVisa Cam – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1977
Reports results of a study which surveyed adult education opportunities presently being provided or facilitated by Head Start programs in Alabama and examined the types of adult education programs, patterns of participation in adult basic education General Educational Development (ABE/GED) programs, and the effect of class location on GED…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attendance
