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Winiarczyk, Ellen J.; Long, Tricia – 1996
This paper reviews service learning definitions and principles to illustrate common threads connecting service learning philosophy across contexts. Although there is general agreement that service learning occurs in school-based and community-based categories, it cannot be universally defined. Definitions from K-12, higher education, and adult…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
National Board of Young Men's Christian Associations, New York, NY. Urban Action Commission. – 1973
This publication, issued twice a year -- Spring and Fall -- is designed for professional YMCA staff around the country. However, non-YMCA people and organizations might also be interested in the programs which may be applicable to their needs. The objective of the newsletter is to provide readers with information about types of specific innovative…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Bulletins, Community Programs, Community Services
Adler, Chaim; Melzer-Druker, Pessy – 1983
Published evaluation reports about educational intervention programs sponsored by Israel's Project Renewal are summarized and analyzed in this report. The programs reported on fall into the following categories: (1) intervention programs aimed at the family; (2) curriculum-based intervention programs; (3) school-related enrichment programs; (4)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1991
This document is a summary of the proceedings of a symposium that was attended by more than 100 adult literacy practitioners, researchers, and government officials in Ontario (Canada). The largest part of the document consists of summaries of the issues and policy/program options discussed in relation to the following aspects of adult literacy…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Kotler, Martin; And Others – 1986
Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Programs, Business, Children
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
Brown, Larry – 2001
Youth development lies at the heart of the Workforce Investment Act and the Youth Opportunity Movement. Like employment training programs for adults, employment training programs for youth should focus on acquisition of skills, gainful employment, and productive citizenship. Beyond these three characteristics, it is essential that programs for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Programs, Community Programs
Elsdon, K. T. – 2001
This document examines the history of the diverse range of postschool activities such as adult education, youth work, community work, and voluntary organizations that were known as "other further education" (OFE) and offered in the United Kingdom from 1944 to 1992. The following are among the topics discussed in Chapters 1-7: (1) further…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Art Activities