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Leyland, Peter – Adults Learning, 2010
In the fourth series of Baltimore-set drama series "The Wire," a former policeman turned teacher realises that he can only promote the learning of disaffected kids by engaging them, using their own experience as a trigger. The power of this idea made the author realised that as an adult tutor, the closer one gets to what interests the…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Accreditation (Institutions), Student Motivation, Student Interests
Feinstein, Leon; Budge, David – Adults Learning, 2007
Although some general practitioners now "prescribe" education to patients it would be wrong to see it as a panacea. Those who claim it can cure everything from memory loss to incontinence are being unduly optimistic. Education is an important mechanism for enhancing the health and well-being of individuals and reducing the health care and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Well Being, Adult Education, Mental Health
Watson, David – Adults Learning, 2007
The independent Commission of Inquiry into the future of lifelong learning, established and supported by National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), has set itself the ambitious task of understanding both the motivation for engaging (and especially re-engaging) with learning through the life-course, and the infrastructure that is…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Lifelong Learning, Public Policy, Foreign Countries
Eldred, Jan; Dutton, Nina; Snowdon, Kay; Ward, Jane – Adults Learning, 2005
Confidence has an important role to play in encouraging people to engage in activities, step out into new territories and take risks in living, especially in relation to learning. But how can changes in confidence be captured and the outcomes of learning be recorded? With financial help from the Department for Education and Skills, these authors…
Descriptors: Self Esteem, Adult Learning, Adult Education, Participation