Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 1 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
Author
| Atkinson, John | 1 |
| Austin, Ann, Ed. | 1 |
| Burgess, Carol | 1 |
| Cartner, Nadine | 1 |
| Falk, Ian | 1 |
| Garner, Barbara, Ed. | 1 |
| Hopey, Christopher | 1 |
| Hynes, Geraldine E., Ed. | 1 |
| Millar, Pat | 1 |
| Miller, Roxanne T., Ed. | 1 |
| Ratcliffe, Michael | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Collected Works - Proceedings | 1 |
| Collected Works - Serials | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Researchers | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
| General Educational… | 2 |
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkSilliman, Ben – Journal of Extension, 2016
E-Basics is an online training in program evaluation concepts and skills designed for youth development professionals, especially those working in nonformal science education. Ten hours of online training in seven modules is designed to prepare participants for mentoring and applied practice, mastery, and/or team leadership in program evaluation.…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Basic Skills
The Impact of a Professional Development Programme on the Practices and Beliefs of Numeracy Teachers
Swan, Malcolm; Swain, Jon – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2010
This article describes some outcomes of a nine-month design-based research study into the professional development of 24 numeracy teachers with post-16 learners. Teachers analysed research-based principles for teaching, and engaged in a design-research process by testing and refining teaching activities to embody these principles. Data from…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Professional Development, Educational Practices, Beliefs
Falk, Ian; Millar, Pat – 2001
The research on literacy and numeracy in vocational education and training (VET) in Australia and elsewhere was reviewed. The following topics were examined: (1) the basic skills, growth and heritage, and critical-cultural approaches to literacy; (2) policy regarding literacy and numeracy in VET; (3) changes in literacy practice in response to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Critical Reading, Definitions
Download full textWagner, Daniel A.; Hopey, Christopher – 1998
Three Internet-based adult literacy and adult education programs in Philadelphia were examined to identify ways Internet technology can be used to improve adult basic and literacy education. The Adult Literacy Technology Innovation Network (ALTIN) technology program, which began in the mid-1990s, provides basic instructional technology staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Ratcliffe, Michael; Atkinson, John; Burgess, Carol; Cartner, Nadine – 2001
This document explains how further education colleges, employment services, and other providers can develop the delivery of full-time education and training (FTET) within the United Kingdom's New Deal programs for 18- to 24-year-olds. The document identifies principles of good practice related to the following aspects of New Deal FTET: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Case Studies
Austin, Ann, Ed.; Hynes, Geraldine E., Ed.; Miller, Roxanne T., Ed. – 1999
This document contains the proceedings of a 1999 conference on adult, continuing, and community education held in St. Louis, Missouri. The following 39 papers are included: "Program Effectiveness Evaluation: Recertification and Job Upgrading for Adult Refugees" (Non-Native Speakers of English) (Adelman); "Rethinking the Linkages between Higher and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Garner, Barbara, Ed. – Focus on Basics, 2001
This set of four newsletters contains articles to help adult basic education and literacy teachers connect research and practice. The following are among the articles included: "The Effects of Continuing Goal-Setting on Persistence in a Math Classroom" (Pamela Meader); "Do the Cognitive Skills of Dropouts Matter in the Labor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1997
The 12 programs selected as 1996 winners of the Secretary's Awards for Outstanding Adult Education and Literacy Programs illustrate a diverse range of promising practices for the 21st century. Winners were selected based on the presence of 10 elements, including the following: effective and potentially replicable practices; measurable objectives…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
