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Download full textStambler, Moses, Ed. – 1975
The document contains information on adult education in India, consisting mainly of a collection of previously published articles from professional journals and other related communications focusing on: input factors, nonformal education, voluntary organizations, literacy, community development, urban education, worker education, Satellite…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Anthologies, Communications Satellites
PDF pending restorationFatunde, S. S. – 1972
A brief background and history of the Women Programme in Nigeria are given, followed by a statement of the objectives of the program. The operation of the program and staff training are described. Women Circle Centres where courses in Community Development and Home Improvement are given are listed, as are Women Special Centres for pre-vocational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development, Consumer Education
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1974
Providing the chief example of a successful adult education movement in the United States, the Cooperative Extension Service has demonstrated the capacity to adjust its programs to meet changing rural and urban needs. The roughly 3000 local offices provide people with ready access to a staff who are backed up by the land-grant university based…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Community Development
Quitman Centers for Learning, Marks, MS. – 1969
Offering an overview of the adult education program of Quitman County, Mississippi and its development from 1967 to 1969, the report reviews the history of the community-based project, community problems, resident participation, and project objectives. Begun in 1967 as a volunteer program in adult education for the poor of that rural Delta region,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development
Nabokov, Peter – 1972
Institutional success of an instructional model that featured peer instruction, a strict performance orientation, and an insistence on mastery of specific skills led developers to believe the same model could be used by communities to disseminate skills and information at low cost and with efficiency. The system was utilized in setting up an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Education, American Indians
Peer reviewedMason, Robb; Randell, Shirley – Education in Rural Australia, 1995
Addresses Australia's changing economic structure and the increasingly important role of adult education in rural economic development. Adult programs that positively impact rural development include training for employment, small business training, enterprise education, community awareness programs aimed at promoting understanding of how money…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Development, Community Education
Hone, Karen A. – 1984
This inventory of model programs in rural postsecondary education is part of a larger project to provide current research and resource information to rural educators and policy makers. The inventory is illustrative--not comprehensive or exhaustive--and results from mailing 805 survey instruments which elicited 251 responses and 183 candidates for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Colleges
Kidd, J. Roby, Ed.; Selman, Gordon R., Ed. – 1978
This book is a collection of selected writings and speeches which document the developments in the Canadian adult education movement during the 1960's. The writings and speeches are presented in six sections as follow: (1) Introduction, (2) The Setting, (3) Organizing for Work, (4) Programs and Experiences, (5) The Learner, and (6) Coming of Age.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Anthologies
South Carolina Univ., Columbia. Coll. of General Studies. – 1969
Details of programs funded under Title I (PL 89-329) in South Carolina during 1966-68 are described in the areas of Community Development and Government, Community Economic and Human Resources Development, and Community Health and Recreation Services. Colleges involved, funding, objectives, programs, and institutional capacity are reported for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Citizen Participation
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1991
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
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1981
This issue contains extracts from twenty-one country reports and case studies presented to the Unesco Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Bangkok, November 24-December 4, 1980. The excerpts have an emphasis on innovations in adult education in the region. Countries and programs discussed include (1) community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
National Univ. Extension Association, Washington, DC. – 1977
This document is a compilation of manuscripts describing seven programs which received the 1976 American College Testing Program and the National University Extension Association Innovative Awards in Continuing Education for making innovative contributions to the improvement of continuing education. Entry manuscripts for each of the following…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bilingual Education, Career Counseling
Cross, John; Della, Jennie – 2002
This document profiles selected people, programs, and ideas highlighted by Australia's Adult Learners Week 2001 and begins with these papers: "Adult Learners Week: A National Celebration" (Ned Dennis); "A Message from the Adult Learners Week Patron" (Peter Hollingworth); "A Message of Support from the Prime Minister of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Educators
