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Direct linkKearney, Kelly B.; Torres, Ayse – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more frequently unemployed or under-employed than individuals without disabilities. Job search skills are one of the most direct ways to counter unemployment. Remote audio coaching (RAC) has shown to be an effective, remote method for teaching skills to adults with IDD. Since the…
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Unemployment
Cornish, Carlene – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2021
Self-governance and responsibilisation are integral to Basic Key Skills Builder (BKSB) assessments and Functional Skills qualifications. However, very little is known of its neoliberalist effects and the governance practices of tutors teaching disengaged youth taking Functional Skills as part of the overall employability certificate. Adopting a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Job Skills, Employment Potential, Neoliberalism
Browne, Liz; Millar, Deborah Kellsey – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2019
Perceived as fostering democracy in educational institutions, approaches which encourage student voice are being promoted as supporting greater social equalities and strengthening students' commitment to their learning. Using student voice as a theme, research funded by Jisc set out to hear learner views and explore their digital preferences when…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Technological Literacy, Student Attitudes, Adult Education
Davis, Alexis J. T. – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Given the influx of internationals immigrating to the United States (US), English language learners (ELLs) are now the fastest growing group of students in the country with 65% of them being born in the US (DaSilva, Combs, & Moll, 2012). According to Kanno and Cromley (2013) the quantity of ELLs in the K-12 setting in the US is estimated to…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Adult Education, Adult Students, Second Language Learning
Download full textAvoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
Perkins, Rosie; Aufegger, Lisa; Williamon, Aaron – International Journal of Music Education, 2015
Music is increasingly recognised as important in facilitating healthy ageing, yet little is known of what musicians themselves learn when they teach older adults. This article reports the practices of the "Rhythm for Life" project at the Royal College of Music in the UK, in which conservatoire students taught 10-week programmes of group…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Musicians, Music Education
Sampson, Demetrios G., Ed.; Ifenthaler, Dirk, Ed.; Isaías, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2018
The aim of the 2018 International Association for Development of the Information Society (IADIS) Cognition and Exploratory Learning in the Digital Age (CELDA) conference was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Schmidt, Linda J. – 1986
A 310 Project was conducted at North Iowa Community College to improve basic skills instruction for adult college students. The project involved these goals and objectives: (1) staff development for instructors of the basic skills curricula; (2) generating enthusiasm for basic skills instruction in the underprepared student; (3) assessment of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills, College Students
Sweet, David E.; And Others – 1971
This document describes a new type of college; it is divided into seven chapters. Chapter I describes the Minnesota Metropolitan State College (MMSC) as a college with the entire metropolitan area as its campus, which admits students and awards them degrees on the basis of demonstrated competence and not on the basis of credit hours accumulated or…
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Faculty, College Students, Colleges
