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Download full textDanis, Claudia, Ed.; Hrimech, Mohamed, Ed. – 1995
The following papers (with nine in French) are included: "Refocusing the Multicultural Discourse in Adult Education" (Acton); "University Extension and the Service University" (Archer); "Linking Cases to Course Content" (Block); "The Effects of Education on Food Security among Low Income Urban Adults"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Art Education, Biographies
Colman, Judy; Schiffmann, Jill – 1993
This guide is designed for tutors and teachers of literacy in rural locations in Australia, and their trainers, to help them respond appropriately to the language and literacy needs of adults of non-English-speaking background. It is divided into five sections. The first is an introduction. The second addresses the general topics of language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Arabic
Hyams, Melanie, Comp.; And Others – 1994
The following are among the 71 papers included: "Impacts of Transformative Leadership Education in a Professional Development Context" (Adrian et al.); "Toward a Sociology of Participation in Adult Education Programs" (Babchuk, Courtney); "Race, Gender, and the Politics of Professionalization" (Bailey, Tisdell,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Gardner, Daniel L. – 1993
These two reports outline accomplishments and challenges faced by Florida's AE program in FY91 and FY92 in the following areas: adult literacy, social participation, career development, special needs of the AE program's diverse identified target groups, high school completion, General Educational Development, workplace literacy, networking,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Flannery, Daniele, Ed. – 1993
Among the papers included are the following: "Exploring Literacy through Theater" (Andruske); "Heuristic Research" (Beckstrom); "Self-Direction in Adult Undergraduates" (Blowers); "Commodification of Adult Education" (Briton, Plumb); "Collective Group Learning" (Brooks); "Psychosocial Development of Women" (Caffarella, Barnett); "Writing Wrongs"…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Merriam, Sharan B., Ed.; Cunningham, Phyllis M., Ed. – 1989
This handbook contains 48 articles on adult and continuing education. Part 1, which deals with adult education as a field of professional practice, includes articles on such topics as the social and historical contexts of adult and continuing education, adult education and international development, the voluntary sector and adult education, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1982
This catalog of adult education projects for fiscal year 1982 is the fifth in a series of annual listings of education projects funded by states under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of 255 developmental activities in the following program areas: adult basic education, administration, adult…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Annual Reports
Charters, Alexander N., Comp. – 1977
Over 700 masters' theses and doctoral dissertations in adult and continuing education are included in this listing of microfilms available through the Syracuse University library system. Each entry is listed under one or more of the following descriptive subject headings: accreditation, administration, agencies, communications, comparative,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling
Askov, Eunice N.; Johnston, Jerome; Petty, Leslie I.; Young, Shannon J. – 2003
This monograph examines benefits, challenges, and methods of expanding access to adult literacy with online distance education (ODE). The following are among the topics discussed: (1) reasons for considering ODE (new technologies and delivery systems in education; ODE in higher education, business training, and adult basic education; state-level…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Castleton, Geraldine; McDonald, Marya – 2002
The literacy programs and policies implemented in Australia over the past decade were reviewed to identify initiatives that have and have not had a positive impact on vocational education and training (VET) and lifelong learning opportunities. Policies and practices in seven other countries were also reviewed. The following themes received…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Elfert, Maren, Ed. – 2002
An historical account of the creation and development of the UNESCO Institute for Education (UIE) is presented. Written in honor of the 50th anniversary of UIE, this institutional history begins with a series of seven prefaces and memoir essays about the organization written by UIE administrators, board members and researchers. Two chapters detail…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 2000
The national policies and implementation mechanisms for girls' primary and women's basic education in the following Asian countries were examined: Lao People's Democratic Republic; Nepal, Thailand; Indonesia; and India. The analysis focused on the following issues: (1) goals and progress; (2) national policies; (3) strategies (strengthening…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Attitude Change, Case Studies
Comings, John; Sum, Andrew; Uvin, Johan – 2000
The role of adult education in sustaining economic growth and expanding opportunity in Massachusetts was explored. The analysis focused on the new basic skills needed for a new economy, groups lacking the new basic skills, the demand for adult basic education (ABE), funding for ABE, building basic skills through adult education, ABE's costs and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Lo Bianco, Joseph; Freebody, Peter – 1997
This book, which is intended to inform Australia's education community about various aspects of the national literacy debate and the policy development process, reviews the literature on literacy teaching in secondary and postsecondary education and the workplace and describes the sociocultural and educational context for development of literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education, Catholic Schools
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
