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Download full textRoyce and Royce, Lancaster, PA. – 1986
This final report describes the review and evaluation of 10 years of Pennsylvania's 310 special projects in the areas of program promotion, program linkages, and staff development. Three major selection criteria were effectiveness, innovative qualities, and adoptability. Of some 97 projects reviewed, 21 were deemed exemplary. A reader survey of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bulletins, Demonstration Programs
Literacy Work, 1975
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) Adult Literacy Project is described in terms of the radio and television programs, supplemental workbooks, telephone services, and tutor training programs it is developing. The basic aim of the project is to encourage adult illiterates to seek individualized help. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Kent, Michael R. – Canadian Vocational Journal, 1978
The author describes the development of individualized instruction programs for adults in various areas of vocational education, including the use of advisory committees to identify occupational skills, preparing learning activity packages (LAPS) for the programs, and installation and operation of the programs in Halifax, Nova Scotia. (MF)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees
Quitman Centers for Learning, Marks, MS. – 1970
The overall purpose of the Quitman County Demonstration Project was: (1) to identify, demonstrate, and test effective and innovative procedures for implementing a community based, voluntary program in adult basic education (ABE); (2) to develop and validate new approaches in training the instructional leadership for adult basic education through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuation Education
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. – 1975
Project Apple Core (Adult Performance Level), a 15-month project funded through Section 309 of the Adult Education Act of 1966, was carried out in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, to provide a career-oriented instructional program for undereducated and underemployed adults in that area. The document briefly describes some aspects of the project, in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Career Education
Slettehaugh, Sharon A. – 1978
A study was conducted to identify communities which had developed directories of adult learning opportunities and to describe how and why these directories were developed. Through questionnaires and interviews, data was collected from the developers of twelve comprehensive community directories. Information was obtained on the product's (1) name,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Lawrence, Janet H.; Lehman, Esther – 1979
An exploratory study was designed to assess (1) whether a class created around older adults' personal recollections would motivate the class's involvement in adult education activities, (2) the oral history preparation process's impact on younger interviewers and older respondents, and (3) the instructional approach's strengths and weaknesses. The…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
