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Alatis, James E., Ed.; Tan, Ai-Hui, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers includes the following: "Introduction to the Volume" (James E. Alatis); "Adults Learning To Read in a Second Script: What We've Learned" (David L. Red); "Trends in Peace Corps Volunteer Language Proficiency" (Margaret E. Malone); "Evidence for the Greater Ease of Use of the ILR Language…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Acculturation, Adult Learning, Asian Americans
Thistlethwaite, Linda – Exploring Adult Literacy: Journal of the Adult Learning Division of the College Reading Association, 2000
This paper explains how adult educators involved in the development and delivery of general adult basic education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED) certificate, and English-as-a-second-language (ESL) programs can infuse the workplace into their programs. The paper begins with a brief overview of the rationale for infusing the workplace…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Millar, Pat; Falk, Ian – 2000
The learning needs of older adults living in rural Tasmania, Australia, and the potential of online technologies to foster local literacy and community well-being were examined. The study used a qualitative inquiry strategy that included visits to three sites to investigate the literacy and numeracy implications of senior citizens' use of online…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Case Studies
Maravilla, Virginia – 1993
The Lowell Public Library (Indiana) Adult Literacy Program expanded literacy efforts of the library and its volunteer tutors by increasing the program enrollment numbers of the functionally illiterate English-speaking, English as a Second Language (ESL), migrant workers, and Basic Math students; assisted students in achieving their stated goals in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Hunt, Elaine – 1993
The Family Literacy: Aid in Reading (FLAIR) program was a project of the Blanchard Community Library (Santa Paula, California), conducted during fiscal year 1992-93. The project involved recruitment, retention, public awareness, basic literacy, tutoring, computer assisted, employment oriented, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hall, Christine Betz; Sherif, Sue; Hurbi, Crystal – 1993
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Public Library (Alaska) conducted a project that involved recruitment, coalition building, public awareness, training, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer assisted services, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 50,000-100,000, and targeted inmates…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction
Dalheim, Zoe; Mauke, Martha – 1993
The Lee Library Association conducted a project that involved recruitment, public awareness, training, rural oriented, basic literacy, collection development, tutoring, computer assisted services, and English as a Second Language (ESL) programs. The project served a community of 25,000-50,000 people, and targeted the homeless, learning disabled,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Advisory Committees
Malloch, Margaret; Cairns, Len; Hase, Stewart – 1998
The implications of the capability learning model for learning in the workplace were examined in a roundtable discussion of two complementary projects: a study of the ideas and models associated with a range of approaches to workplace training and education in Australia and the United Kingdom and a study conducted to document capable organizations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies, Competency Based Education
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2001
Leadership development is an important, longstanding concern in career and technical education (CTE). CTE's focus on leadership development has traditionally started in secondary programs, continued in postsecondary programs, and included formal credit and noncredit activities for preservice or inservice CTE teachers or administrators. Because of…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Conventional Instruction
Miller, Melvin E., Ed.; Cook-Greuter, Susanne R., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 11 papers on creativity, spirituality, and transcendence as paths to integrity and wisdom in the mature self. The book begins with the paper "Introduction--Creativity in Adulthood: Personal Maturity and Openness to Extraordinary Sources of Inspiration" (Susanne R. Cook-Greuter, Melvin E. Miller). The next four papers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Heidemann, Winfried – 2000
This paper explores the traditional European model of vocational training in light of a new focus on employability and lifelong learning that is becoming more common in Europe. It includes the following four sections: (1) an overview of some examples of vocational training systems in Europe and the proposal that they share enough to be considered…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Delivery Systems
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 2001
In 2000, 860,684 adults worldwide took 1 or more of the General Educational Development (GED) Tests, which was more than in any previous year except 1996. The number of adults completing the GED Test battery increased by 10% or more in eight U.S. jurisdictions and four Canadian jurisdictions. The volume of international testing increased by 85.7%.…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Education
Courtney, Sean; Vasa, Stanley; Luo, Jiali; Muggy, Virginia – 1999
This five-part report synthesizes current theory and research on the adult as learner and generates implications for design and delivery of learning systems, particularly those involving computer-mediated technology and related software. "Adult Learning in Context" (Sean Courtney, Jiali Luo) examines the current situation of the adult…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Adult Education
National Inst. for Careers Education and Counselling, Cambridge (England). – 1996
This document synthesizes the findings of an invitational policy consultation at which 27 invited participants from England, Wales, and Scotland examined the special career guidance needs of third-age adults (adults age 45 or older) and strategies for meeting those needs. First, the special career- and employment-related problems faced by…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Raiskums, Bernadine W. – 2001
This document, which is designed to help individuals entering adult education graduate programs in North America, contains definitions of nearly 538 contemporary adult education-related terms and practitioners. The terms included were selected based on a review of more than half of the 139 papers published in the proceedings of the 41st Annual…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning