Examines various approaches that have been taken to promote literacy and makes a plea for more research to clarify issues that will permit more useful definitions of literacy and more productive approaches to developing and enhancing literacy among youth and adults. (HOD)

This article provides a synthesis of viewpoints expressed in the preceding articles, with particular regard for the three principal uses of the personal computer in continuing education. The author looks at concepts of teaching and learning, learner autonomy, and the diverse opportunities the personal computer provides for continuing education.…

Contrasts and compares the theory and practice of adult education as it relates to the issue of right brain/left brain learning. The author stresses the need for a whole-brain approach to teaching and suggests that adult educators, given their philosophical directions, are the perfect potential users of this integrated system. (Editor/CT)

The need to adapt a course in writing skills for proposal preparation to the different needs and characteristics of adult students is discussed, focusing on factors such as employer pressure as well as more general adult learner problems. Compensating strategies and course and materials design for teachers to use to increase student success are…

A qualitative analysis of interviews of 78 adults with less than high school completion who were currently engaged in a learning project supported the hypothesis that self-directed learners, rather than preplanning their projects, tend to derive their structure and direction from resources available in the environment--the organizing circumstance.…

Provides a report of the obstacles faced by adult basic education students, and describes educators' lack of concrete knowledge about adult learning processes and appropriate instructional programs. (Author/KS)

School administrators fill a crucial need in education, but all too often their social and emotional worlds turn upside-down when they make this momentous career move. This second edition provides an insightful look at the unwritten and unspoken rules of school administration, helping new and sitting administrators work through the initial…

Communication and other literacy skills are vital to public safety organizations. This report investigates the impact literacy levels may have on the ability of volunteers to meet demands for more formal training and assessment. The role of these organizations to develop the skills of people in rural and remote communities is also considered. The…

This paper serves as a companion document to "Ensuring Affordability in Alberta's Advanced Education System". In viewing both funding to providers and funding to support learners through a broad lens, it is clear that neither can be considered in isolation; they are the primary levers to promote access, affordability and quality. This…

Higher education is becoming a voluntary self scheduled activity, pursued by individuals from all social strata throughout their lives. Argues that increase in continuing education will accelerate the erosion of the ivory tower university. Reports on a workshop concerned with new approaches to planning for the adult student in higher education.…

Eight prominent learning theories are summarized, compared, and discussed for implications to adult learning. (MS)

The speaker felt the critical issues to be: identifying the purpose of education, defining learning, discovering how people grow and develop naturally, and discovering how adults learn. (AG)

An outline of the general scope and purpose of the BBC Further Education Department, Its organization and administration. Emphasis is on the innovative role of educational broadcasting and planning for change and development. Three broad areas of further education are distinguished: programs for institutions and learning groups; courses for…

An adult education correspondence program involving programed and nonprogramed materials, including telephone and personal contacts between student and teacher. (SP)

Describes programs intended for the retired and/or those close to retirement. Statistics are given on increased life-expectancy in Finland, thus justifying the need for such programs. (LF)