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Download full textTsang, Chui L.; Svabek, William H.; Abma, Deanna; Scanlan, Sonia S. – 1993
This guide contains lesson plans for teaching consumer and homemaking skills to homeless families to support their transition to more secure and traditional lifestyles. Prioritized and developed based on the needs assessment of homeless families at the Salvation Army Gateway Transitional Housing in San Francisco, the 20 lessons in the guide cover…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Consumer Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment
Radcliffe, Donald V.; And Others – 1970
Chapter One of this manual includes a definition of "disadvantagement," and discussion of implications for manpower requirements, distribution of the disadvantaged, employment conditions and outlook, early environment, predominant acquired characteristics, and response to training. Chapter Two discusses concepts of motivation, including drives,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Early Experience, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
SHAFFER, ANATOLE; SPECHT, HARRY
IN A DISCUSSION OF THE RICHMOND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT FOR TRAINING SUBPROFESSIONALS, THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES OF THE PROJECT ARE DISCUSSED--(1) RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION OF PERSONNEL, AND (2) BASIC, INSERVICE, AND OTHER TRAINING PROCEDURES. THE PROJECT TRAINS LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS FOR SUBPROFESSIONAL JOBS IN THE POLICE…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Opportunities, Community Organizations, Community Relations
Beck, Judy A. – 1990
This technical assistance guide contains information on adult learners and how they differ from learners who are children and the related program implications. The first section describes characteristics of adults that affect the attitudes adults bring to the classroom situation. These include bringing life experiences; having self-concept as a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Walters, Shirley, Ed. – 1997
An introduction (Maurice Amutabi et al.) begins this 25-chapter book on adult education and training (AET) in a context of globalization. Chapter titles and authors are as follows: "The Impact of Globalization on Adult Education (AE)" (Ove Korsgaard); "In Defense of Civil Society: Canadian AE in Neo-Conservative Times" (Michael…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged, Employed Women
Bluhm, Jeremy; Butler, Erik Payne – 1983
This booklet shows how postsecondary institutions can serve economically disadvantaged youth by working with local employment and training agencies. Programs administered by the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) are described as well as the students they served. Program goals and services are cited: vocational training,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Cooperation
