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Drysdale, Dennis H. – Adult Education, 1973
An experiment in home improvement shows important gains for socially deprived students. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
Rafe-Uz-Zaman – Educational Broadcasting International, 1974
A discussion of Pakistan's plans for utilizing instructional television, particularly for an adult literacy program. (HB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Developing Nations
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Creel, Diane Wallick – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1996
Argues that an understanding of the dynamics of life transitions is crucial to effective adult education programs. Examines the "stage/phase" theory of transitions, maintaining that transitions occur in predictable sequences, and the "life event" theory, which views transitions as the result of social processes. (22 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
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Anderson, Stephen C.; And Others – Journal of Leisure Research, 1983
Investigators studied whether a systematically designed recreation program stressing cooperation and interaction among mentally retarded adults would increase the duration and frequency of social contacts. While the program did increase the frequency of social interactions, effects did not carry over after it ended. (Author/PP)
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Behavior Change, Interpersonal Relationship, Mental Retardation
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Smith, Mary Ann; And Others – Convergence, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
Ogunsbiye, Ayo – 1968
This document presents possible ways in which Permanent Education in France could develop, based on experiments and research carried out at the Centre Universitaire de Cooperation Economique et Sociale (CUCES) and at the Institut National pour la Formation des Adults (INFA). Part one includes the following: the good to be had from continuing…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Tasmanian Education Dept., Hobart (Australia). – 1969
This document is an English-language abstract (approximately 1,500 words) of the role of school in Tasmania as seen in a report by a committee appointed to determine that question. At present, Tasmanian children are required to attend school between the ages of 6 and 16. About 20% of children attend private schools. The demands of society for…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Curriculum Development
Farmer, James A., Jr.; Papagiannis, George – 1975
The document focuses on the evaluation processes of educational programs in nonformal education which are designed to help adults develop new attitudes and practices particularly in developing countries. It consists of two articles which discuss basic evaluation concepts in nonformal education. The first article, Perspectives on Evaluation, by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developing Nations, Educational Assessment
Wayland, Sloan R.
The special problems for adult education presented by population planning programs are examined with particular attention to the relationship between adult education and school education in this field, with special reference to programs in Turkey. (DB)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs, Attitude Change
Gran, James R. – 1972
The second four-year follow-up study of the Jackson County Adult Evening High School Completion Program was made to determine the effectiveness of the program in terms of the financial, social, or personal gains of the graduates. The study concerns the graduating class of 1968 (111 graduates) fairly evenly distributed as to sex (40% men and 60%…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Employment Patterns, Evening Programs
Klugerman, Phyllis; And Others – 1981
This supplement to a source book providing information on developing a training program for mentally handicapped adults describes in detail group counseling and community experience components. It offers concrete information emanating from the East Brunswick (New Jersey) Adult Mentally Handicapped Program. The first section overviews the current…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Involvement
Saskatchewan NewStart, Inc., Prince Albert.
Courses and facilities of the Saskatchewan Newstart program are discussed as they pertain to human resource development. In addition, materials available for conducting 17 courses related to human resource development are listed, briefly annotated, and the price for each is given. The Saskatchewan Newstart Social Invention Centre is discussed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Business Education
Martin, Larry G. – 1981
A study was conducted to identify psychosocial needs of Adult Basic Education (ABE)/Adult Secondary Education (ASE) students by using the Self-Description Questionnaire (SDQ). A second purpose was to test effectiveness of Achievement Motivation Training (AMT) as a technique to counterbalance the negative impact of these students' former…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Gran, James R. – 1975
The four-year followup study (the fifth and last of such four-year evaluations of graduates) aimed at pinpointing the program's benefits to the graduates in the educational social/personal, and financial areas. Thirty-two of the 41 graduates responded to the mailed questionnaire, which elicited demographic, occupational, educational, financial,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Age, Dropouts
Bulletin of the Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific, 1982
This issue reproduces articles adapted from country reports presented to a Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Asia and Oceania, Bangkok, November 1980. A summary of adult and nonformal education in the region forms section 1. Highlights of the country articles in section 2 include Afghanistan--national literacy campaign;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
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