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Cortright, Richard W.; Dorland, James R. – Amer Sch Board J, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees
Download full textSLOAN, BARBARA L. – 1967
A PHILOSOPHY OF ADULT EDUCATION MUST RECOGNIZE LEARNING AS ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL AND CONSIDER THE NATURE OF THE ADULT STUDENT, THE TEACHER'S SKILLS AND ABILITIES, AND THE SPECIFIC SUBJECT TO BE TAUGHT. THE ENGLISH TEACHER OF ADULTS AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL IS PLAGUED BY A LACK OF APPROPRIATE MATERIALS AND AN UNAVAILABILITY OF LIBRARY FACILITIES,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Buchanan, Derek; Percy, Keith – 1969
This book deals with three aspects of adult non-vocational classes as provided directly by Local Education Authorities: fees charged in recent years and the association of variations in them with numbers of enrollments; variations in the provision of classes as between authorities of comparable size; and patterns of student enrollment as revealed…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Continuing Education Centers, Enrollment, Financial Support
Steeves, Roy W. – 1969
In May 1966, the Bureau of Adult Education, California State Department of Education, conducted a questionnaire survey on accepted program practices and on attitudes of administrators of school district programs toward innovative practices in instruction for non English speaking, Spanish surname adults. Of 366 program administrators queried, 191…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Innovation, Instructional Programs, Non English Speaking
Price, Caroll O. – Thrust for Educational Leadership, 1979
Suggests alternative support sources and marketing techniques for school districts whose adult education budgets were slashed by California's property tax cutting initiative, Proposition 13. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Financial Support
MARTINEZ, FRANK ROBERT – 1963
A STUDY WAS MADE TO DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING FIVE ASPECTS OF THE ADULT EDUCATION CURRICULUM--PHILOSOPHY, CHARACTER, PLANNING, IMPROVEMENT, AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES. ONE HUNDRED TWELVE STATEMENTS OF POLICY WERE DRAWN FROM THE LITERATURE, VALIDATED BY A QUALIFIED JURY, AND RATED BY 91 FULL TIME ADULT EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS AND BY 42 ADULT…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Educators, Curriculum Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations
DICKINSON, JAMES GARY – 1966
TO DETERMINE WHETHER RETENTION IN PUBLIC ADULT NIGHT SCHOOL PROGRAMS IS RELATED TO SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICIPANTS OR TO THE LENGTH AND NATURE OF COURSES, THIS STUDY WAS MADE OF PATTERNS OF PARTICIPATION IN SUCH PROGRAMS IN WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA. DATA WERE DERIVED FROM 2075 REGISTRATION CARDS AND 98 COMPLETED ATTENDANCE…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Attendance, Average Daily Attendance, Evening Programs
PRESGRAVES, JAMES S. – 1964
A QUESTIONNAIRE MEASURING ENROLLMENT OF POTENTIAL CLIENTS AND ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT GUIDANCE WAS SENT TO 50 CITIES. INFORMATION WAS RETURNED FROM 30 CITIES, AND INCLUDED DATA ON ADMINISTRATION, PUBLICITY, FINANCING, COUNSELING, TESTING, AND RECORDS. RESPONSES INDICATED COUNSELING SERVICES HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR A MEDIAN OF 10 YEARS…
Descriptors: Dropouts, Elementary Education, Financial Support, Guidance Programs
Dorland, James R., Comp.; Baber, Gaye M., Comp. – 1967
Results of this 1965-66 study of public school adult education programs, based on responses from 338 schools in large districts (12,000 or more regularly-enrolled pubils) includes elementary, secondary, and general adult education enrollment figures, in-service training statistics, percentages of time devoted to adult education in school districts…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Educators, Elementary Education, Enrollment
Los Angeles City Schools, CA. – 1968
During 1965-68, the Los Angeles City Schools conducted a community involvement reading program for parents, teachers, volunteer workers, and other adults interested in teaching children how to read. Twelve teacher hours of instruction were divided either into six two-hour or four three-hour segments. The reading method "Formula Phonics,"…
Descriptors: Children, Instructional Materials, Parent Education, Parent Participation
White Plains Public Schools, NY. – 1970
Intended primarily for new staff members, this manual includes most procedures, rules, benefits applicable to the entire White Plains, New York, school system or unique to the Adult Education Center. It covers such matters as enrollment trends within the overall adult basic education (ABE) program, the ABE program organization chart, personnel…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Clerical Workers
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1968
A report is presented of the total number of classes, class hours, and students in adult education programs conducted by Colorado public schools during the 1967-68 fiscal year. Adult basic education, high school completion, arts and crafts, commercial and business education, homemaking and family life education, hobbies, trade and industrial…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classes (Groups of Students), Curriculum, Enrollment
Rauch, David B. – Thresholds in Secondary Education, 1976
Adult continuing education is seen as an essential for everyone and for every community, with the addition of part-time adult students to the total student body of a school system not overburdening the existing administration. (Author/LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Educational Needs
Mitchell, Frank G. – Aviation/Space, 1979
Opportunities for high school students and adults to take courses in aviation education as part of the science curriculum in Wichita, Kansas, are described. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Aviation Technology, Educational Opportunities, Public School Adult Education
Londoner, Carroll A. – Adult Education, 1974
It was found in this study that agency-paid adult students were more likely to rate educational goals higher in importance than self-paid students, contrary to the popularly held belief of adult secondary-school staff that these students are unmotivated to study and learn. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research, Financial Support
