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Avoseh, Mejai, Ed.; Boucouvalas, Marcie, Ed. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2020
The Commission on International Adult Education (CIAE) of the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) provides a forum for the discussion of international issues related to adult education in general, as well as adult education in various countries around the globe. These papers are from the CIAE 2020 Virtual International…
Descriptors: Adult Education, International Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
BRAZZIEL, WILLIAM F. – 1964
TECHNICAL EDUCATION OF THE ADULT HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED OFTEN FAILS BECAUSE OF PERSONAL PROBLEMS AND BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURAL LACKS. A BROAD CONCEPT OF EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL SKILLS. A COLLEGE PROJECT DESIGNED TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS IS PRESENTED. A COMBINATION OF BASIC AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION WITH THE…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Economically Disadvantaged
Hampton, Peter J. – Adult Leadership, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Disadvantaged
B.T.S.D. Review, 1974
Profound changes in our socioeconomic structure seem to question the relevance of both "institutional" as well as "open school" forms of education. The educator is faced with the challenge of selecting a model, combining models, or devising a new one. Dealing with these fundamental questions, 10 articles have been selected for their potential…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1992
This publication discusses reforms in lifelong learning undertaken in the 11 states represented on the National Governors' Association Action Team on Lifelong Learning. It is a catalog of initiatives to create greater opportunities for youth and adults to obtain skills needed to compete effectively in a global economy. The reforms discussed in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Nathalang, Ekavidya; And Others – 1974
Nonformal education in the SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization) Region was studied to gather information on significant ongoing programs/projects in nonformal education and to identify problems as well as potentials of the broad spectrum of nonformal education activites in the region (SEAMEO countries are Indonesia, Khmer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education
ASPBAE Courier Service, 1981
This issue contains extracts from twenty-one country reports and case studies presented to the Unesco Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Bangkok, November 24-December 4, 1980. The excerpts have an emphasis on innovations in adult education in the region. Countries and programs discussed include (1) community…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Odgaard, Gunde – 1999
In forestry, as in other fields, technological advances have resulted in significant changes in work practices and skill requirements. Vocational training and improvement of forestry workers' skills through lifelong learning can help achieve sustainability in forestry. The objectives of lifelong learning are to integrate people into working life…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships, Career Development
Finn, Peter – 1998
This document profiles the job placement program for ex-offenders that the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) in New York City has implemented successfully since 1992. The document begins by describing the program's main components, which are as follows: (1) a 1-day recruitment and orientation program; (2) a 4-day life skills course; (3) an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling
Stern, Barry E. – 1977
Aspects of the relationship between education and work (career education) for youths and adults and directions for future federal policy in this area are identified in this document. Part 1 examines the problems that youths face in making a successful transition from school to work, including knowledge of the labor market, self-knowledge of…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Adults, Career Change, Career Education
Yeo, Stephen – 2000
The term "cooperative and mutual enterprises" (CMEs) was developed in 1999 by a mutuality task force in Oxfordshire, England, as a modern way of reasserting the notion of the adult education movement as a cooperative movement for social (democratic) inclusion. CMEs recall the tradition of learning through clubs, unions, mechanics'…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Semmens, Bob, Ed.; Cook, Sandy, Ed. – 1998
This document contains 19 papers presented at an international forum on education in penal systems. The following papers are included: "Burning" (Craig W.J. Minogue); "The Acquisition of Cognitive Skills as a Means of Recidivism Reduction: A Former Prisoner's Perspective" (Trevor Darryl Doherty); "CEA (Correctional…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Dewsbury, Angela, Ed. – 2002
England's Learning and Skills Research Centre (LSRC) is working to build a strong body of evidence from rigorous research that is focused on critical and innovative thinking and models and solutions for the long-term development of post-16 learning. In 2002-2005, the LSRC will focus on the following activities and goals: identify key priorities;…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, College Programs
Nash, Ian; Walshe, John – 1999
Strategies for overcoming exclusion through adult learning were identified through case studies of 19 initiatives in the following countries: Belgium; Mexico; the Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; and the United Kingdom. The study programs involved a diverse array of formal, nonformal, and informal public sector, community, and enterprise-based…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required partners in the one-stop system mandated by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The following features have long characterized VR: the primary goal of integrated competitive employment for persons with disabilities; state flexibility in VR systems, approaches, and structures; case…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education)
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