Highlighting research findings on retention of information and learning styles, the authors apply the principles to a workshop for adult educators on teaching strategies and techniques. (SK)

The development of interpersonal skills is essential to the training of helping professionals and adult educators. Attending, responding, and understanding are basic skills needed by adult educators to assist adult learners in achieving their goals. (JOW)

Though adult students have rich and varied backgrounds which enhance their reading, too often teaching methods have focused on the print on the page rather than the ideas presented. There is a range of strategies for teaching reading comprehension which is applicable to any material. (JOW)

Presents an integrated generalized model of education, called Holistic Education, which the author feels is equally relevant to all adult educators regardless of their area of specialization. The author describes those characteristics which distinguish the Holistic Education model from other approaches. (CT)

The relationship established between the Adult Basic Education (ABE) student and teacher in the first minutes of the student's first visit is crucial to the student's motivation and future learning. An ABE instructor suggests strategies to achieve immediate rapport and at the same time determine the student's needs and wanted skills. (MF)

Describes a staff development program designed to help Adult Basic Education/English as a Second Language teachers make their instruction more relevant to culturally pluralistic students caught up in the growing economic crunch. (JOW)