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Peer reviewedRees, E. Frances – Education and Urban Society, 2000
Discusses resiliency programming as an alternative approach to program development for incarcerated adults, and describes a pilot project in a Georgia prison, Leadership Development, that uses the concept of resiliency to frame inmate education. Discusses implications of this model of correctional education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Rehabilitation, Pilot Projects
Literacy Work, 1974
The article reports on progress towards lifelong literacy education in Pakistan, covering the project's introduction in 1972 and reviewing current activities in brief but concrete sketches of such topics as materials, operation of projects, and student drop-outs. Appendixes include a map and occupational breakdowns of teachers and students. (AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Benet, William; And Others – Literacy Work, 1975
The article reviews the literacy programs and research in Latin American countries during the 60's and 70's. Education is reviewed by leaders and educators as an essential factor in furthering social and economic development. Data on literacy and programs and a bibliography are included. (JB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Instruction, Bilingualism
Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
THE PLAN INCLUDES SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS TO QUALIFY CALIFORNIA FOR TITLE II FUNDS AND SERVE AS A POLICY GUIDE FOR STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. IT PROVIDES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CIVIC, VOCATIONAL, LITERACY, HEALTH, HOMEMAKING, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS. SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Expenditures
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report of a hearing presents testimony on H.R. 2535, the School Excellence and Reform Act, also cited as the "Even Start Act," a bill aiming to combine into a single educational program adult basic education for parents and school readiness training for children at risk. The specific intent of the legislation was to establish a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Early Childhood Education, Educational Innovation
Doraiswami, S. – 1974
Traditional adult education has been literacy-oriented, but the curriculum content and methodology has been inadequate in maintaining motivation and interest. An important effort to eradicate these problems has been the Farmer's Functional Literacy Program in India. This major project relates adult education and training in modern agricultural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Agricultural Education
Ohio State Legislative Office of Education Oversight, Columbus. – 1995
This document provides an overview of the history, status, and funding of school-to-work programs in Ohio. First, school-to-work transition programs are discussed in the larger context of work force development. Presented next are the rationale for the school-to-work approach to education and its main objectives and components. The differences…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Needs
Adult Education: Special Experimental Demonstration and Teacher Training Projects. Fiscal Year 1974.
Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1974
Under the stimulus of Federal funding, since 1965 the number of State Departments of Education having Directors of Adult Education has increased from less than 10 to 50; the number of graduate programs has grown from 14 to over 100; and public adult education programs are now offered in over 10,000 local education agencies. The report provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Drake, James Bob; Morgan, Alice S. – 1974
The purpose of the project was to perfect a career decision-making model that could be used by an adult basic education teacher to help the disadvantaged adult upgrade himself educationally and make a realistic career decision based upon his and his family's personal value system; his goal decided upon, the model could be used to help him…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
