An inventory of adult education offerings in high school districts in Pennsylvania produced a 75.8% return of questionnaires (449 districts) and provided information on the courses conducted by school districts by subject categories together with the number of school districts offering each course. Following are comments on the more important or…

Discusses the major breakthrough in the provision of adult education for working class communities which has taken place in the Liverpool (England) Educational Priority Area during the past two years. (Author)

TO ASCERTAIN THE INFLUENCE OF SELECTED SITUATIONAL AND PERSONAL FACTORS ON THE PERCEPTION OF THE IDEAL ADULT VOCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, OPINIONNAIRES RETURNED BY 388 VOCATIONAL TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS WERE STUDIED. OPINIONNAIRES CONTAINED 38 STATEMENTS OF CONDITIONS IDENTIFIED AS…

The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze biographical data of the directors of adult education in Canadian public school systems, and the perceptions held by directors and superintendents across Canada of the goals of adult education and the functions of directors of adult education. The analysis consisted primarily of determining the…

The main purpose of this survey was to describe adult education programs offered by public agencies and institutions in the city of Calgary as they existed in 1968. No attempt was made to compare these agencies and institutions, nor was there an attempt to survey private agencies and institutions offering adult education programs. The basis of the…

This report contains the text of, and hearings on, a Senate bill to promote development and expansion of community schools throughout the United States. The bill offers a 3-way program for promoting community schools. It provides grant, or seed money to pay for administrative or other expenses to establish community schools and help to develop or…

Guidelines for starting a public school adult education program are presented and discuss the collection of basic data on community characteristics, community involvement, program administration and funding, curriculum, teacher hiring, program-school relationship, enrollment, policies, and community advisory board. (LH)

Suggestions are made for restructuring and reallocating existing fiscal, physical, and personnel resources in the present educational system to serve the needs of the adult learner. The economic recession makes the re-evaluation even more imperative. (LH)

Shows how community education influences school building design concepts. (Author/DW)

THE MAJOR GOALS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT EDUCATION IDENTIFIED IN THIS STUDY ARE--(1) GENERAL EDUCATION FOR SELF REALIZATION, (2) OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, (3) CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION FOR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY, (4) HOMEMAKER EDUCATION FOR FAMILY LIFE, (5) SPECIAL EDUCATION TO MEET INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY PROBLEMS, (6) RECREATION…

Instruction at three levels is outlined in this public school adult basic education curriculum guide. Development of reading, writing, oral communication, and arithmetic is stressed at Level I (grades 1-3). Mathematics, reading (with attention to phonics and word structure), and English are enlarged upon in Level II (grades 4-6). Level III (grades…

This booklet discusses counseling for adults in the adult school--either by guidance officials or the teacher. The typical counselor interviews students, functions at group meetings, does cooperative placement work, trains other staff, keeps records, and gives tests. When the teacher acts as counselor, he must relate teaching goals to guidance…

The major objectives of this study were to determine the adult education needs of Whitley County, Indiana; to ascertain how well these needs were being met; and to propose one or more approaches to enhance already existing efforts. Of the 352 randomly selected homes included in the sample, 268 returned completed questionnaires. Of the 268 72%…

If schools respond to the challenge of declining enrollments with a clear and expanded sense of purpose, encompassing the concept of adult and lifelong learning, they may find opportunities which will ensure continuous renewal. (Author/SJL)

Recommendations for increasing participation of functionally illiterate adults in community education programs include decentralization of educational sites, availability of transportation and child care, and instruction stressing functional literacy and teaching reading and computation as tools for solving students' personal and social problems.…