Interviews of adults with learning difficulties in continuing education revealed that teachers and students had very different definitions of "adult" and of the appropriateness of instructional materials, teaching methods, and classroom management techniques. (SK)

Adult educators must ensure that students with learning difficulties can choose from a wide range of subjects, are not segregated from other adult learners, are treated as adults, and have advocates. (SK)

Adult literacy education is increasingly focused on preparing adults with literacy skills for the world of work. Assumptions about how this goal is being met should be made with caution, given that adult education also serves other goals, adult educators have diverse training, and many adult students are presumed to have learning disabilities (LD)…

This manual is intended specifically for new teachers who will be working with reentry or "hard-to-serve" adults. Introductory materials include general information for high school teachers who will incorporate this new, diverse population into the secondary classroom, descriptions of who these new adult students will be, and a discussion of…

The Virginia 1999-2000 Learning Disabilities Training and Dissemination (LDTD) project was undertaken to improve educational services to adults with learning disabilities. During the project, learners and tutors from six community-based literacy programs across Virginia volunteered to share their experiences as they participated in pilot testing…