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Coats, Maggie – 1996
This book identifies features of best practice in women's education and training (WET) in Britain, as revealed in a nationwide search that led to the first National Institute of Adult Continuing Education Award for Good Practice in WET. Chapter 1 describes the process for selecting six awardees. Chapter 2 isolates key issues and themes that gave…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs
Download full textDench, S.; O'Regan, S. – 1998
A study evaluated three clubs that provide out-of-school childcare in Kent, England: Out-of-School Childcare, Returners Roadshow and Workshops, and a parenting skills course. Questionnaires collected information from 29 club managers and 282 parents of children in the clubs and 78 participants of Returners events. Thirty participants in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, After School Programs, Career Change, Elementary Education
Fort Wayne Women's Bureau, Inc., IN. – 1981
Career Doors was a developmental project designed to develop motivational instructional materials that introduce and reinforce the connection between educational and employment decisions made by undereducated adults and to produce a variety of audio visual materials for use in existing Indiana adult education programs. Since the project was…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
McDonald, Joan – 1984
This report describes the results of a study aimed at presenting a broad picture of educational opportunities open to unemployed adults in England and to identify problems and possible solutions. Material for the report was gathered through visits to a variety of institutions and agencies in urban and rural areas of England. The report is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Dislocated Workers, Educational Counseling
Owensboro Public Schools, KY. – 1987
The Owensboro, Kentucky, Displaced Homemaker Program helps single parents/displaced homemakers in the Green River Area Development District to gain control of their lives by developing skills necessary to secure a job and become independent and self-sufficient. In fiscal year 1986-87, 240 persons applied for the program, which provides an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning
Idaho State Div. of Vocational Education, Boise. – 1998
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1998 (FY1998), 924 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually, and two-thirds had…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Displaced Homemakers, Education Work Relationship
Idaho State Div. of Professional-Technical Education, Boise. – 1999
Idaho's displaced homemaker program exists to reduce the incidence of poverty among the 59,498 displaced homemakers (according to the 1990 census) and 22,147 single mothers in the state. Of those who participated in Idaho's displaced homemaker programs in fiscal year 1999 (FY1999), 852 (33%) earned less than $5,000 annually. Yet, only 95 received…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Correctional Education, Displaced Homemakers
