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Download full textNtiri, Daphne Williams, Ed. – 1996
This document contains an evaluation handbook for adult literacy programs and feedback from/regarding the evaluation instruments developed during the project titled Adult Literacy and Evaluation Research Team (also known as Project ALERT), a two-phase project initiated by the Detroit Literacy Coalition (DLC) for the purpose of developing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Education, Blacks
Rideout, Richard L.; And Others – 1977
The Junior High School Mathematics Consortium was a project in cooperative curriculum development involving 20 Alberta, Canada school systems. The project materials were developed and revised according to performance objectives developed by the Edmonton Public School Board, and the program unit booklets were developed cooperatively by ten school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Aids, Consortia, Curriculum Development
Department of Citizenship and Immigration, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1967
THE CANADA NEWSTART PROGRAM AIMS TO DEVELOP, THROUGH ACTION RESEARCH, PROGRAMS APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE NATION, FOR MOTIVATING AND TRAINING UNEMPLOYED AND UNDEREMPLOYED ADULTS. PILOT PROJECTS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY CORPORATIONS WHICH ARE TO BE CHARTERED BY THE PROVINCES AND FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE AREAS SELECTED FOR STUDY WILL BE…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education
Kansas State Board of Regents, Topeka. – 1982
A project entitled Enhancing the State Role in Lifelong Learning was undertaken in Kansas to enhance state-level planning and the development of policies in support of adult education. Because Kansas is one of six pilot project states participating in the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Lifelong Learning Project, a two-year data…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Advisory Committees
Long, James P.; Neuman, Delia – 1983
An 18-month project was conducted to create a microcomputer version of the National Center for Research in Vocational Education's Career Planning System (CPS) designed for use with mildly mentally retarded, learning disabled, and behaviorally handicapped middle school students. Separate formative and summative evaluations measured the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Planning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Bottomley, John – 1998
This document presents information concerning a project to research and develop strategies to increase participation in adult community education (ACE) by Australian adults from language backgrounds other than English. Sections 1-3 describe the major project activities, which were as follows: literature review, compilation of model programs…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Education
Weeks, Kerri – ARIS Resources Bulletin, 2001
Two Australian agencies planned, developed, piloted, and evaluated an online resource for teaching independent living skills to adult students with a mild intellectual disability using technology and the Internet. The resource, called Life Online, is a package of support resource materials tested in regional classrooms in Victoria, Australia.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Budgeting
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, Richmond. – 2000
The Virginia 1999-2000 Learning Disabilities Training and Dissemination (LDTD) project was undertaken to improve educational services to adults with learning disabilities. During the project, learners and tutors from six community-based literacy programs across Virginia volunteered to share their experiences as they participated in pilot testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Direct linkHorsch, Elizabeth; Heenan, Barbara – Inverness Research Associates, 2006
This is the story of Barbara Shoemaker and her work as an Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative (ARSI) Teacher Partner in Oneida, Tennessee. It is the story of what she values and the experiences that shaped her approach to education. In particular it is about what she learned from her experience with the Appalachian Rural Systemic Initiative, and…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Middle School Teachers, Pilot Projects, Elementary Schools
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1978
This document consists of two publications: the five-year state plan for career education in Kansas and a handbook providing guidelines for program development at the local school level. The plan includes the following information: (1) the results of a two-year needs assessment survey; (2) its two goals: first, to increase awareness of the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Involvement, Community Schools, Community Support
Viertel, Evelyn; Grootings, Peter – 2001
The effectiveness of Phare vocational education and training (VET) reform programs conducted in 13 Eastern and Central European countries in 1993-1998 and lessons learned from the programs were examined through a review of information from the following sources: a cross-country analysis on curricular reform; a review of technical evaluation…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Agents, Change Strategies, Comparative Education
EFF Voice, 2002
This newsletter reports on the activities of Equipped for the Future (EFF), which is a National Institute for Literacy initiative. EFF helps Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients build the skills needed to balance work and home and make a successful transition to work. The article "EFF Frames Family Literacy Programs"…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, American Indians
Literacy British Columbia, Vancouver. – 2000
Eight work force literacy initiatives were conducted in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The primary objectives and key activities of the initiatives were as follows: (1) alliance development (developing partnerships and linkages promoting and supporting work force literacy); (2) public awareness (conducting presentations and media relations and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Leff, Judy; Malyn-Smith, Joyce – 1999
This document is a practical manual to assist community-based organizations and coalitions in using voluntary industry skill standards in programs preparing people for success in the workplace and further education. The following are among the topics covered in the manual's six sections: (1) developing and maintaining systems (things partners can…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Case Studies, Community Education
