Describes an environmental chemistry course in terms of its objectives, philosophy, topics, principles, laboratory experiments, texts, supplementary material, and student response. (GS)

Describes an educational program specifically directed to the needs of three types of older unemployed persons: the recently unemployed, those who have been unemployed for a long time, and those whose careers have come to a complete stop due to illness, disability, or severe disruption of career arrangements. (EM)

Suggests features, objectives, and requirements of a continuing education course specifically designed to teach physical assessment skills basic to nursing practice. (TA)

Describes courses in the teaching of English as a foreign language which have attempted to utilize various aspects of English linguistic and literary studies as a preparation for specialists in this field. (Author/MB)

This description of a Foundations of Adult Education course, one of two required core courses for the Designated Subjects Adult Teaching Credential, begins by describing the student population for which the course was designed, and goes on to provide a glossary of terms such as adult basic education, competency, and lifelong learning. Next, the…

Presents a brief discussion of the challenges presented to mathematics education by changes in social dependence on mathematics, in professional response to the needs of students, in institutional expectations of students and teachers, and in student demographics and expectations. Provides an extended outline for a syllabus used to clearly…

Describes a certificate program in German popular universities, designed for adult students of French and based on communication needs and linguistic objectives. (AM)

This document describes the curriculum at all levels of public education, from early childhood education through adult education, in Alaska's Northwest Arctic School District. Graduation requirements are stated, and alternative courses of study for meeting those requirements are listed. All course offerings available in the district, and the…

Describes a series of experiments monitoring household energy use and expense being developed as part of a course in an adult education program at Wayne State University. The experiments are used in a one-semester workshop course in which resources, consumption patterns, and future outlook are discussed. (Author/SK)

One of a series of instructional booklets designed to introduce adult education program planners to the basic concepts integral to and alternative strategies for conducting needs assessments, this instructional booklet serves as an introduction to the needs assessment process in general as well as to the remaining booklets in the series. Covered…

This source book is designed to inform agencies and other adult education programs, in as much detail as possible, of processes and procedures involved in initiating a complete training program to address the needs and desires of the adult mentally handicapped individual. It offers concrete information emanating from the initiation of such a…

This module provides materials for a course in business writing, including the writing process, letters, memos, and resumes. The material is designed for three 1-hour classes in a seminar format. Section 1 consists of an introduction, a list of class objectives, and a course outline. The course outline details teacher activities and student…

This teacher's manual accompanies a student manual for an accounting course for limited-English Spanish-speaking adult students (available separately as CE 029 939). Introductory materials discuss the need for and philosophy of Project Mainstream, a vocational training program serving Korean- and Spanish-speaking persons, and what constitutes…

The instructor's manual is one of four prepared as a guide in conducting a small Business Management course for American Indians to prepare them for jobs as owners/managers of their own businesses and for management positions with business owned by bonds, cooperatives, and others. The manual contains lesson plans, suggested methodologies, and…

The volume is one of four containing lesson plans covering a wide range of business subjects incorporated in a course for American Indians to prepare them for jobs as owners/managers of their own businesses and for management positions with businesses owned by bonds, cooperatives, and others. Lessons are drawn from different subject areas and…