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Download full textKutner, Mark; And Others – 1992
A 30-month study was designed to provide a comprehensive examination of training for teachers and volunteer instructors in adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL). Phase I provided a systematic examination of the delivery and content of training. Three primary research activities were collection of extant data on staff…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Course Content
Tibbetts, John; And Others – 1991
The delivery and content of training for teachers and volunteer instructors in adult basic education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) were documented in a study. Two sources of information were the research literature and extant data from states on training activities. Findings indicated that training for adult education teachers and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Course Content
Sherman, Renee Z.; And Others – 1991
This report is designed as a guide for policymakers and practitioners interested in designing more effective staff development practices. It provides information about elements of effective staff development practices identified through a review of research and site visits to nine staff development programs identified as providing effective…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Course Content, Delivery Systems
Stark, Rosemary – 1988
The Literacy Volunteers of America-Danbury, Connecticut, is a nonprofit community organization that provides free instruction in English for those to whom English is still largely a foreign language. For 10 years it has also provided free instruction in reading and writing for English-speaking persons whose education has not provided these skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, English (Second Language)
Finsterbusch, Marty; And Others – 1990
Conference presentations of four individuals are included. The first presentation, by a new reader (Marty Finsterbusch), discusses the diversity of the illiterate population and urges new readers to become actively involved in the instruction and administration of literacy programs. Advantages include improved recruitment, improved communication…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, English (Second Language)
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) Newsletter, 1994
This document consists of four issues of this serial issued during 1993. They contain articles of interest to those teaching, funding, and organizing programs in adult literacy, second language, and baskc skills. Issue number 48 consists of these six articles: "So You Thought You Had Funding for ESOL [English for Speakers of Other…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cable Television
