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Download full textMcCain, Mary L. – Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2009
There is a highly compelling case for using technology on a large scale to increase access to and improve America's adult education and workforce skills enterprise. By the reckoning of the National Commission on Adult Literacy and others, the nation must reach many more millions of adults with effective college- and job-readiness skills programs…
Descriptors: Reading Readiness, Distance Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Lehtonen, Heikki; Tuomisto, Jukka – Adult Education in Finland, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Citizen Participation, Educational Needs
Preston, Rosemary – 1991
The arguments for the monitoring and evaluation of adult literacy and basic education programs are no different from those justifying monitoring and evaluation of any other educational program. The priority and status accorded different programs are likely to determine commitment to their internal and external evaluation and the form that these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Evaluation Methods
Lehtonen, Heikki; Tuomisto, Jukka – Adult Education in Finland, 1974
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Educational Research
Lehtonen, Heikki; Tuomisto, Jukka – Adult Education in Finland, 1975
The article (based on the 1972-73 Adult Education in Finland Survey) is concerned with the process model representing individual activation to study seen against the background of conceptions associated with participation in adult training. The model describes and defines the dependency between social status and participation in this activity.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Citizen Participation
Barham, Lyn; Hoffbrand, Jill – 1998
In career guidance, advocacy and self-advocacy encompass a continuum from adviser action separately on behalf of a client, through shared activity, to action by the client alone. Wherever individual clients fall on the continuum, advocacy can be conducted in a manner that empowers them. Modeling is an important aspect of the process of empowerment…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advocacy, Career Guidance
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1987
A project was designed to define the extent of the courses and programs available to unemployed adults and to investigate the problems involved in maintaining an up-to-date information, guidance, and counseling service in the United Kingdom. Interviews were conducted with 100 unemployed adults in Nottingham, England. Information was sought on…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Programs, Adults, Career Counseling
Pilley, Christopher – 1994
A model was developed for evaluating formal and informal learning by older adults in a variety of contexts. The model, which adopts a longitudinal approach, focuses on the outcomes of provision and is based on the assumption that outcomes should be evaluated in light of the processes (accessibility and responsiveness of provision, appropriateness…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Case Studies
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six-volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Frank, Fiona; Hamilton, Mary – 1993
A study examined current developments in workplace adult basic skills training (BST) programs for adults in northwestern England. Case studies of three area companies offering workplace BST programs were conducted along with a telephone survey of 56 local employers (of 200 originally contacted) to gauge their awareness of and attitudes toward…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship
Duke, Chris, Ed. – 1985
This monograph contains five studies of participation in adult education. The first paper, "Participation in Organised Adult Education: A Review of the Literature" by R. J. Sumner, examines a selection of studies conducted in England, the United States, and Australia. Chris Duke's paper which is entitled "Participation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Bekman, Sevda – 1998
This book examines the content and effects of the Mother-Child Education Program, an early childhood and adult education program implemented widely in Turkey. The book presents a multipurpose education model, which draws on research indicating that support in early years can affect the development of the child, and which can be used to disseminate…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, At Risk Persons, Child Development
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
The series "Self-instructional Notes on Social Participation" is a six volume series intended as teaching aids for adult educators. The theoretical, methodological, informative and practical elements of this series will assist professionals in their work and help them achieve greater success. The specific purpose of each notebook is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
