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Action Learning--An Experiential Tool for Solving Organizational Issues
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Kinsey, Sharon B. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Action Learning can be effectively used in both large and small businesses and organizations by employees, stakeholders, or volunteers through this "learning by doing" approach to evaluate an issue or issues of importance to the organization. First developed in the 1940s, Action Learning has increasingly been used as a method to explore questions…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Teaching Methods
Adult Literacy, Learning Identities and Pedagogic Practice
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Crowther, Jim; Maclachlan, Kathy; Tett, Lyn – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2010
This article discusses the relationship between persistence in adult literacy and numeracy programs, changes in the participants' attitudes to engaging in learning and pedagogic practices using data from eight Scottish literacy education organizations. It argues that literacy learning can act as a resource that enables vulnerable adults to change…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Academic Persistence, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
How I-BEST Works: Findings from a Field Study of Washington State's Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training Program
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Wachen, John; Jenkins, Davis; Van Noy, Michelle – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2010
Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century: The Twenty-Eighth Yearbook: A Peer Reviewed Publication of the College Reading Association, 2006. [Papers from the College Reading Association Conference, 2005]
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Sampson, Mary Beth, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Falk-Ross, Francine, Ed.; Foote, Martha F., Ed.; Linder, Patricia E., Ed. – College Reading Association, 2006
The title of the twenty-eighth yearbook mirrors the theme of the 2005 conference--"Learning in the 21st Century with Traditional and Electronic Literacies." The editors chose the title "Multiple Literacies in the 21st Century" in an attempt to reflect the contents of this yearbook which seem to approach literacy from a myriad…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Reading Instruction