The sources contained within this annotated bibliography can help inform state efforts to define the competencies that students need to be able to demonstrate, determine how schools and districts can ensure that students master these competencies, and measure school and student progress toward college and career readiness and success goals. This…

This bibliography provides an overview of recent scholarship on community, continuing, and adult education at community colleges. Community colleges provide important services to their surrounding communities through community education programs. By partnering and collaborating with various community interests, these programs and other noncredit…

This selected, annotated bibliography of information resources on recurrent education is divided into nine sections: (1) general, (2) International, (3) Africa, (4) Arab States, (5) Asia and Oceania, (6) Europe, (7) Latin America, (8) North America, and (9) just published. An index of authors and editors is provided. (LLS)

Discusses and reviews eight recent books for parents and teachers, focusing on books that deal with inquiry, reading and writing and classroom settings, critical discovery, and the joy of learning. (SR)

Contains 67 annotated references in the following categories: lifelong learning policy--international perspectives, lifelong learning policy--national perspectives, and lifelong learning and library services/role. (SK)

This annotated bibliography includes 787 items of research or investigation in adult education, mostly dated from 1973-75. They cover information sources; philosophy, policies, general objectives; legislation; finance costs; studies and planning--state, regional, and national; history; adult education as a field of study; adult education research;…

In 1972 the UNESCO Institute for Education launched an exploratory study on the concept of lifelong education and its implications for school programs and curricula as well as for research. The interim outcomes of this study are being presented in a series of three monographs, the present volume being the second. In carrying out the study a fairly…

The document contains six papers in Spanish which focus on the developmental and other aspects of education permanente. The first paper, The Concept of Education Permanente, discusses the concept as a new dimension in the area of education, capable of limiting inequalities in the presentation of education in general. Descriptions of 20…

Aging is treated separately or in relation to continuing educational opportunities in each of the 35 documents annotated. The annotations vary from 75 to 350 words in length. Authors, catalog numbers (when available), publishers, paging, and prices (when available) are also given. (WL)

This paper is designed for both experienced and novice educators who want to participate in lifelong learning programs. The various sections of the paper (1) explain the principles of communicative competence, (2) apply these principles to processes of lifelong learning, and (3) describe the benefits of effective communication for the teaching and…

This document contains annotations for 667 English-language publications published in Europe, excluding the British Isles, during 1986-88. Not included are personal visit reports and conference papers unless they were actually published, doctoral dissertations, masters theses, and materials available only on microfilm, microfiche, or computer…

The phases of daily living which are covered in this selected bibliography are alcohol and drug education, life styles, leisure activities, marraige and family relationships, politics, race relations, sex education, statistics/social indicators, and value concepts. Because the subject is so encompassing, no attempt has been made to be exhaustive.…

This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2004 Summer Institute: "Adult Basic Education: Impact of Policy on Practice: International Perspectives". The references and annotations point to relevant research studies, advocacy papers, and government documents that describe and discuss the role that policy plays in shaping…

Provides an annotated bibliography of 27 articles, reports, and other publications dealing with general education in community colleges. Includes materials relating to general education and lifelong learning, the globalization of general education, and general education in vocational and occupational programs. (PAA)

Research studies conducted in Canada are emphasized in this annotated bibliography of adult education research conducted from 1983-1988, although a few studies from the United States and England are included. The entries, arranged in alphabetical order by author's last name, are in English and, occasionally, French. (CML)