The adult education movement in the Philippines consists of separate but interrelated programs of functional literacy promotion and continuing education which is focused on socio-economic and citizenship training. (Author/JB)

The "Planning Wheel" is an evolution of the original Systems Approach Model (SAM) that was introduced in 1986 by Murk and Galbraith. Unlike most current planning models, which are linear in design and concept, the Planning Wheel bridges the gap between linear and nonlinear processes. The "Program Planning Wheel" is designed to…

Article describes the dilemma of adult learners and makes suggestions for improving community change. (GB)

The article discusses the community "team" approach through the objectives of the Community Development Project developed by John Benington. (BP)

This report examined the role of the community college in personal and community development through adult education. Legislation, resulting from current social dissatisfaction, calls for publicizing postsecondary, real-world education. Teachers and students can fill this need by educating the public on the value and nature of offerings at…

Discusses the major breakthrough in the provision of adult education for working class communities which has taken place in the Liverpool (England) Educational Priority Area during the past two years. (Author)

India has a long history of adult education and has evolved several interesting forms of non-formal adult education. (AG)

Outlines a program offered by the University of Nigeria that emphasizes the need for adult education and shows how this program can be made available to all those that might find it beneficial. (Author/LF)

Founded in 1932 at Monteagle, Tennessee, Highlander has functioned as a residential school, serving a variety of constituencies. Throughout its history, it has sought to help disadvantaged victims of injustice and poverty, principally in the South, to learn how to change their conditions. (SSH)

Developed for program facilitators in rural communities, Leadership Enhancement for the Active Retired (LEAR) is a training model that builds on the leadership skills and expertise of people who are retired from full-time employment, but are still willing to share their time and talent to benefit their community. Although other formats for the…

Urban community development has often become indistinguishable from community organization; other-direction, bureaucratic control, and lack of real community have diluted the original emphasis on activity-learning and attitude-changing. Consideration of the authors' categories (out-of-school, formal, non-formal, and informal education) might help…

Two-hundred and seventy-five service providers in a rural location with a high concentration of older people (age 60+) were queried about types of needs, obstacles to learning, and program development. While instrumental needs are generally recognized, need perception is based on occupational orientation, though age and number of contact hours are…

The document is divided into four parts. Part 1 presents abstracts of 10 documents concerning adult literacy programs in underdeveloped countries. The second section offers a 46-page list of acquisitions, citing for each entry the author, title, publication source, and descriptors. Part 3 consists of a 100-page section of indexes in the following…

AMERICAN SETTLEMENT HOUSES CAME INTO BEING AS AN EXPERIMENTAL EFFORT TO SOLVE THE SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS IN A GREAT CITY. THEIR BROAD GOAL WAS TO BRIDGE THE CHASM OF MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS BY A 3-FOLD EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM -- (1) RESIDENTS OF THE SETTLEMENTS EDUCATED THEMSELVES ABOUT THE LIVES OF THE POOR BY…

The document contains information on adult education in India, consisting mainly of a collection of previously published articles from professional journals and other related communications focusing on: input factors, nonformal education, voluntary organizations, literacy, community development, urban education, worker education, Satellite…