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Download full textTaylor, Maurice, Ed.; Bedard, Rene, Ed. – 1992
Among 8 French and 54 English papers in this report are the following: "Marks on Paper" (Andruske); "A Multifaceted Approach to Program Evaluation" (Barabash-Pope et al.); "Marine Incidents and their Prevention through Education" (Boshier); "Exploring Needs of Adult Students in Postsecondary Institutions"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Charters, Alexander N.; Holmwood, Donald – 1992
This catalog lists the materials contained in one of the special collections maintained by Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York), namely, the Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education (SUPCE). The materials are listed in alphabetical order by code. The first section, a guide to finding SUPCE materials, describes the organization…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Jurmo, Paul Joseph – 1987
A study of the type and extent of learner participation in the instructional and management aspects of adult literacy education is reported. The literature on learner participation is reviewed, and three purposes for active learner participation are discussed: efficiency, personal development, and social change. The results of a national survey of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Hiemstra, Roger, Ed. – 1985
This publication describes the activities, deliberations, and products of a summer, graduate-level workshop in which students met for five consecutive day-long sessions to build on the state of knowledge regarding self-directed learning in terms of needed facilitation and needed learning resources. The first section of the document provides a…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
McAlister, Ellen D.; Bickley, A. C. – 1983
Based on a graduate course, this manual was written to help instructors (professional or volunteer) understand and teach beginning adult learners and other adults with learning problems. The manual is organized into seven sections. The first two sections provide background information on the development of the manual and suggest ways that it can…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Journal of the Society for Accelerative Learning and Teaching, 1984
The four 1984 numbers of the journal contain articles on the following topics: reading and visual imagery; script preparation for accelerative learning and teaching; guided relaxation and baroque music's effects on student test performance; imagery in the creative process; suggestopedia in English as a second language (ESL) instruction;…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Adult Learning, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques
Holton, Hazel S. – 1979
This curriculum guide is designed to be used by vocational educators in planning, developing, coordinating, and implementing homemaker-health aide programs. It is divided into three parts. Covered first are various aspects of program planning, including planning and organization, the role of the adult educator and the adult learner, and…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Learning, Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives
Baker, Janette, Ed. – University Education News, 1981
Theories on adult development and learning and some of the Ontario universities' programs and services for the adult learner are examined, and Athabasca University, Alberta's answer to the British Open University, is described. Peter O'Donnell discusses adult learners' needs and explains how Athabasca University serves this specific type of…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Monroe County Community Schools Corp., Bloomington, IN. – 1981
A project was conducted to develop and refine an adult basic education (ABE) teaching/learning management system called CUBE (Continuity and Unity in Basic Education). (The CUBE system--a diagnostic/prescriptive system for individualizing competency based learning for students in ABE--provides a flexible and complete system of instruction for ABE…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Competence
Hammond, Peirce; Adelman, Clifford – 1980
This document provides a review of the postsecondary and adult education activities (both current and planned) sponsored by the National Institute of Education's (NIE) three major program units. The first section focuses on activities of the Program on Educational Policy and Organization, including activities of the Postsecondary Organization and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Affirmative Action
James, Waynne B., Ed.; Offill, Phil, Ed. – 1979
Intended to help ABE (Adult Basic Education) teachers learn to design effective learning activities, this handbook provides activity suggestions, informative materials, and sample forms and materials. Section 1, Adults as Learners, discusses the adult learner's unique characteristics and includes an article on teaching strategies and learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC. – 1966
APPROXIMATELY 225 REPRESENTATIVES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION, MANAGEMENT, LABOR, AND FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL AGENCIES PARTICIPATED IN THE CONFERENCE WHICH AIMED TO PROVIDE A COMMON PLATFORM FOR THE MOST INFORMED PEOPLE FROM MANY DISCIPLINES TO FOCUS ON THIS LARGELY UNEXPLORED AREA, IDENTIFY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS AND TECHNIQUES, AND IDENTIFY…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Vocational Education, Career Counseling
RIESSMAN, FRANK – 1967
INCREASINGLY, PROPOSALS ARE EMERGING FOR THE LARGE SCALE EMPLOYMENT OF NONPROFESSIONALS IN THE HUMAN SERVICES WHERE INEXPERIENCED PEOPLE LEARN TO PERFORM JOBS (IN SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, AND SERVICE AGENCIES) NORMALLY ALLOTED TO PROFESSIONALS. IN THE CONCEPT OF JOBS FIRST, TRAINING BUILT IN, ENTRY JOBS BECOME THE MOTIVATORS FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Anxiety, Career Opportunities, Community Services
BURRICHTER, ARTHUR; JENSEN, GLENN – 1967
THIS COMPILATION OF ABSTRACTS OF ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH STUDIES CONDUCTED IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEVADA, UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND COLORADO COVERS COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ADULT EDUCATION, PUBLIC SCHOOL ADULT PROGRAMS (MAINLY SECONDARY AND ADULT BASIC EDUCATION), VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL TRAINING (INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL INSERVICE TRAINING), ADULT…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Rose, Harold; And Others – 1980
This report discusses a project to provide a comprehensive pre-service and inservice training program for adult basic education (ABE) teachers and paraprofessionals throughout Kentucky. It is arranged by the project's six components. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on two activities of the adult learning disabilities teacher training component: Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Competency Based Education
