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Nordahl, K. – Labour Education, 1977
Presents the content and conclusions from sessions of an international seminar on the role of trade unions in educational reform, organized by the International Labour Office in May 1976 and held near Oslo, Norway. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Change, Educational Policy, International Organizations
Brown, Michael Barratt – Adult Education (London), 1974
The British Broadcasting Cooperation (BBC), the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) recently announced a joint multi-media project for active trade unionists. The author describes the organization and content of the program, and explains why the present cooperative venture is a remarkable achievement. (AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correspondence Study, Educational Television
Miller, Harry; And Others – 1978
Folk high schools, study circles, labor market training, union education, and municipal adult schools are the major providers of adult education in Sweden. For the most part, these programs are financed by the government and are tuition free. Folk high schools, which are the oldest type, were founded to provide young adults with a general civic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Civics, Discussion Groups
Mark, Jorie Lester, Ed.; Campbell, Joyce Fowlkes, Ed. – 1985
This publication highlights business, industry, and union efforts--independent of or collaborative with the public sector--to provide employees with the basic education they need to do their jobs. The 34 employee education programs sketched here are considered to be cost-effective when compared to the cost of recruiting and training replacement…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Employer Employee Relationship, High School Equivalency Programs
Bell, Jim – 1992
The report describes the design and results of a Calgary (Canada) program (August 1, 1990 to June 12, 1992) to disseminate information about literacy education needs and services to the local community. It is organized into sections, each addressing a specific program objective. Sections include the following: (1) increasing awareness,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Hotlines (Public)
Adrian Public Library, MI. – 1992
Project LEAD (Literacy Education and Development) is an organization of volunteer tutors in English literacy for limited-English-proficient migrant workers, primarily Spanish-speakers. The report details project implementation in Lenawee County (Michigan) by the Adrian Public Library. The report is organized according to the project's eight stated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Educational Needs
Altenbaugh, Richard J.; Paulston, Rolland G. – 1977
American working class organizations' efforts since World War I to establish and control their own educational programs flourished during the 1920s and 1930s with the appearance of over 300 worker controlled colleges. An important forerunner of this movement was the Work People's College, created by socialist Finnish immigrants in Duluth,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). Committee for Out-of-School Education and Cultural Development. – 1976
Five separate national studies describe and analyze government involvement in various continuing education delivery systems in five European countries: Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Norway. The German study traces the historical background of further education in the Federal Republic of Germany, the provisions of the 1974 North…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Delivery Systems
Horton, Aimee Isgrig – 1989
This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Blacks, Change Agents
Warmbrod, Catharine P.; Liming, Roxi A. – 1987
This book is part of OPTIONS, a packaged set of materials developed to provide postsecondary administrators, program planners, curriculum developers, counselors, and instructors with up-to-date, reliable information. This publication describes 61 exemplary practices and programs that have successfully improved or expanded educational services for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills
Northeastern Illinois Univ., Chicago. Chicago Teachers' Center. – 1994
The content and design of a workplace communication workshop jointly sponsored by a university teachers' center and a local union are described. The workshop objective is to provide workers for whom English is a second language with upgraded writing skills needed to fill out report forms, improved document reading skills for reading charts and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Class Activities, Communication Skills, Computer Literacy
Hakken, David – 1978
A program is described which enables mine workers in Sheffield, England, to participate in a day-release education program once a week for three years. Sponsored by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds, the program exposes workers to economics, politics, sociology, and labor education while they are receiving full wages. Tutors in the program…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Continuation Education, Data Analysis
Greenwood, Katy; Jeffries, Louis – 1981
Intended to provide basic information to policymakers and education-for-work planners, this report addresses both past history and possible directions for linking job training to economic development. In a discussion of the nature of economic development both international issues and economic development in the United States are covered. Discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Economic Development
Ferman, Louis A., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book documents the range of training programs that are being established by employers and unions; assesses porgram functioning and results; and offers insights for practitioners, scholars, and policy makers. An introduction (Ferman et al.) provides a general framework for thinking about union-management training programs and presents an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs, Delivery Systems
International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, MI. – 1977
This document outlines a labor studies program which may lead to several levels of achievement: a certificate in labor studies, an associate degree, an associate of arts degree, or a transfer of credits leading to a baccalaureate degree. The program is intended for labor union members or for anyone else interested in labor studies. Objectives of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Arbitration, Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees