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Adkins, Winthrop R. – Adult Leadership, 1973
Author presents an educational model he has been preparing for the past nine years that is designed to help the disadvantaged adolescent and adult learn the necessary behaviors for coping with their problems in living. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education, Curriculum Development
Percy, Keith; And Others – 1989
This report presents findings of an evaluation of Further Education Unit (FEU) REPLAN projects, an initiative to improve educational opportunities for unemployed adults in Great Britain. Chapter 1 describes the origins of REPLAN and the evaluation methodology. Chapter 2 gives an analytic and descriptive overview of the 21 FEU REPLAN projects.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Developed Nations
Warren, Kenneth L. – 1976
This presentation, through examples and practical suggestions, shows how systematic design can make instructional telecommunications more effective and efficient. There are several approaches to the design of systematic instruction; one example is the system used by Kentucky Educational Television in an instructional series preparing adults for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Byrne, Eileen M. – 1990
The content and quality of prisoner education in Queensland, Australia, was reviewed. The review focused on the following topics: prisoners' rights and responsibilities in general and their rights to rehabilitation and education in particular; the structural, organizational, and attitudinal barriers to correctional education; available and needed…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Change Strategies, Correctional Education
Griffith, William S.; Cervero, Ronald M. – 1976
Noting that the Federal adult education program, Adult Performance Level Program (APL), only affects 1% of its target population, the author examines the program and concludes with seven major observations: (1) Increased attention should be given to the admonition, "Users of the instrument should have a general knowledge of the principles of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Gacka, Richard – 1997
The document details the development of a project to provide adult students with the academic and work skills required for admission to the Regional Skill Center, which is an adult technical school serving Erie County, Pennsylvania. The body of the report summarizes the following project outcomes: development of a four-tiered system of work force…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1990
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
Sam, Jimmy L. – 1993
The Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma was awarded a grant to provide education services to Cherokee adults in small, relatively isolated communities of northeastern Oklahoma. The program was designed to test strategies to reach and teach that population effectively. The staff of instructors were highly skilled, made the classroom less threatening to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, American Indian Education
Maher, Elizabeth – 1991
A computer-literacy staff training program was designed to provide adult basic education (ABE) instructors and staff with basic computer skills. A curriculum using both Apple IIe computers and IBM personal computers was developed and software obtained. Eight instructors and nine administrative staff members of local literacy programs completed 10…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Computer Literacy
Eyster, George W. – 1972
The purposes of this article are: (1) to investigate and describe the scope of rural adult education needs in relation to a national policy of rural industrialization; (2) to elaborate upon the problems in delivering adult education programs; and (3) to recommend approved adult education practices designed to strengthen human resources development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, American Indians, Community Education
Evaluation Research, Newton Highlands, MA. – 1992
A 1991 conference provided a forum where workplace educators could analyze their experience. Participants agreed that establishing a partnership between business or labor organizations and education providers was a key step in developing an effective workplace literacy program. Participants also saw the importance of curriculum development to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1982
This special demonstration project was undertaken to field test and disseminate a curriculum entitled Emergency English for Refugees (EER). Designed to meet the immediate English language needs of pre- and non-literate adult refugees and immigrants, the EER is a 26-unit competency-based English-as-a-second-language (ESL) curriculum that deals with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Luttrell, Wendy – 1982
The Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program has offered many different avenues of personal exploration for more than 5,000 women in its Philadelphia neighborhood for 6 years. The women's program components include adult basic education classes, self-development workshops, a community-based degree-oriented college program, a bilingual crisis…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Syracuse Univ., NY. Publications Program in Continuing Education. – 1983
This is the ninth in a series of volumes consisting of a series of publications from the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA). These materials provide both theory and practice in the area of non-credit adult liberal education offered by colleges and universities. This volume contains five issues in the CSLEA Research Report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1998
This document includes the final report of a project to develop a process for preparing adult basic education (ABE) practitioners to use a "work first" instructional model and a practitioner training manual. The report details how four literacy practitioners worked with mentors experienced in teaching work force education to adapt work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
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