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Cockerill, Janet – Adult Educ (London), 1969
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Teaching Methods
Levitt, John – Home Study, 1971
Annual summer courses at the University of Keele, England, bring together about 100 highly motivated home degree (correspondence study) students for two weeks of intense academic work in seminars and tutorial groups. (LY)
Descriptors: Extension Education, Residential Programs, Summer Programs
Gregg, A. – Adult Educ (London), 1970
An account of the founding of a museum by a residential adult education college, and of subsequent interaction between the college and the museum, other educational institutions, and the public. A January 1970 exercise in Elizabethan art, drama, and cuisine is described. (LY)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Museums, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs
Peer reviewedDalgleish, Mary – Mental Retardation, 1983
As part of an evaluation of services for mentally retarded adults in Britain, comparisons were made between preproject and project residential units. People with more severe handicaps lived in units with less homelike environments, more institution-oriented management practices, and less community involvement than facilities occupied by less…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Resources, Foreign Countries, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedHowell, H. H.; May, A. E. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Results of surveys of resident care practices for mentally retarded persons in Somerset indicated that hostel units were resident-oriented in their care practices, whereas hospital units for severely and profoundly mentally retarded people were institution-oriented. (Author)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Group Homes, Mental Retardation, Residential Care
Peer reviewedVan Bourgondien, Mary E.; Elgar, Sybil – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1990
The article reviews characteristics of autism that affect adaptation to residential settings. A description of existing residential options, based on experiences in Great Britain and North Carolina, is presented. The development of residential programs specifically for people with autism is encouraged because their needs are often not met in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Behavior Problems, Foreign Countries
KANNER, LEO – 1964
THE HISTORY AND CARE OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED IS TRACED FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE PRESENT. A REVIEW OF MEN WHO ORIGINATED EDUCATIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL WORK WITH THE FEEBLEMINDED INCLUDES JACOB PEREIRE, JEAN ITARD, JOHANN GUGGENBUEHL, EDOUARD SEGUIN, AND SAMUEL HOWE. PUBLICATIONS BY AND ABOUT THESE MEN ARE LISTED. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTITUTIONS IS…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Institutions, Intelligence Tests
Download full textField, John, Ed.; Normie, Gerald, Ed. – 1992
These papers on the role of residential adult education were first presented at a July 1991 conference at Somerville College, Oxford University, England. After an introduction (Field), the first paper, "Residential Adult Education: History, Concept, and Evaluation" (Bron), offers an historical perspective and recommends defining…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Educational History, Folk Schools
Peer reviewedWoods, Ronald G. – Studies in Adult Education, 1974
The paper reviews the involvement of the University of Leicester in the inservice education of teachers over recent years and indicates the reasoning behind particular kinds of development. It discusses the university's inservice role in the future, with particular reference to the government White Paper, Education: A Framework for Expansion.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Allaway, A. John – 1967
Since its founding in 1862, Vaughan College of the University of Leicester has moved from a working men's institute offering elementary education to adults through a period of domination by the Workers' Education Association (WEA) to become a lively institution offering to adults university level courses in several locations. During 1946-1966, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, College Faculty, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedBooth, Tim; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
Evaluation of effects of moving mentally disabled individuals from a British National Health Service hospital into community group homes found much overlap between the institutions' caring routines and practices with the community hostel setting, providing only slightly more opportunities for personal choice, privacy, personalization, integration,…
Descriptors: Adults, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Foreign Countries, Group Homes
Jackson, Robin, Ed. – Wessex Studies in Special Education, 1981
Ten papers focus on aspects of special education in Britain, Canada and Sweden. "The Meaning of Handicap" by J. Bicknell presents a dynamic view of handicaps and discusses the effects of others' reactions to the disabled child. M. Cooley ("A Study of Parental Response to Pre-School Provision for Handicapped Children") reviews a…
Descriptors: College Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Little, Michael; And Others – Children and Youth Services Review, 1995
Provides an overview of recent research in Great Britain that is looking at children in public care over time, what happens to them, and how services can be better directed to their needs. Focuses on children who stay long in substitute care, such as family foster care or residential homes, and then who return home or live independently. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Welfare, Children, Family Role
Bishop, Elizabeth S. – 1983
The paper presents a brief review of the regular education system in Great Britain followed by a more indepth examination of special education for physically handicapped students. The history of special education is discussed with particular emphasis on changes since the Warnock Commission (1974-78). Services for physically handicapped students…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Hospitals
Ministry of Labour, London (England). Central Training Council. – 1966
Recommendations are given for introductory courses for potential and recently appointed training officers in British industry, particulary those of medium size. The course should cover a minimum period of 120 hours in an approved college; it should include sessions on the training function, assessment of training needs, formulating and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Course Descriptions, Industrial Training
