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Role Model Moms Post-Secondary Academy: A University-Community Collaboration to Encourage Access to Postsecondary for Marginalized Women
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Wright, Roxanne; Wang, Tianyue; Goldstein, Casey; Thibodeau, Danielle; Nyhof-Young, Joyce – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
The Role Model Moms (RMM) program supports low-income mothers completing their General Equivalency Diplomas. Postsecondary education (PSE) can break cycles of intergenerational poverty; however, existing PSE orientation resources were not designed for this group. A need existed for a new university resource utilizing a collaborative and…
Descriptors: Role Models, Low Income Groups, Mothers, High School Equivalency Programs
Identity and Learning of Mathematics for Adult First Nations Students
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Shields, Tracy Jill – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2014
The main goals of this article are twofold. The first is to explore whether the General Education Development (GED) program has the potential to meet the academic requirements cited by the scholarship in the area of mathematics for First Nations upgrading programs. Secondly, this paper explores how the GED program influences identity in students…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Indigenous Populations, Mathematics Instruction, Adult Learning
Aboriginal Employment & Training Program Development--Toward an Internally Controlled Process.
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Stevenson, Phyllis Fay – 1998
A case study was conducted of the Peguis Adult High School program (PAHS), a community-based adult education in a Manitoba First Nation community for repeat dropouts and students who did not fit into regular high school. A literature review of the historical relationship between federal/provincial governments and First Nation communities examined…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Canada Natives, Career Education
Measurement for Work. Teaching Guide and Sample Learning Activities.
Angel, Margo; Bolton, Chris – 1996
This document is intended to help Australian technical and further education instructors in New South Wales (TAFE NSW) identify teaching principles and learning activities that they can use to help adult learners master the mathematics processes, knowledge, and skills needed to perform basic measurement tasks in today's workplace. The materials…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Estimation (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Vocational Education and Training Opportunities for Adult VCE Students.
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Holmesglen Coll. of TAFE, Victoria (Australia). – 1997
The questions of whether and how to make vocational education and training (VET) available to Australian adults studying for the Victoria Certificate of Education (VCE) were examined through a review of 14 pertinent documents and questionnaires sent to the following groups: adult VCE teachers, coordinators, and administrators; current adult VCE…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Students, Annotated Bibliographies
Annual Adult Education Research Conference Proceedings (38th, Stillwater, Oklahoma, May 16-18, 1997).
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Nolan, Robert E., Comp.; Chelesvig, Heath, Comp. – 1997
The following are among 50 papers included: "The Politics of Planning Culturally Relevant AIDS Education for African-American Women" (Archie-Booker); "Developing White Consciousness through a Transformative Learning Process" (Barlas); "Executive Businesswomen's Learning in the Context of Organizational Culture"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning