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Ward, Betty A. – Literacy Discussion, 1973
Author cites bibliographies of materials available for adult education programs and discusses criteria for materials selection. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Technology, Learning Resources Centers
Brice, Edward W.; Cortright, Richard – Literacy Discussion, 1973
Article gives a documented history and analysis of adult basic education in the United States, complete with statistical tables on the educationally disadvantaged population and eligibles and enrollments in federally supported adult education programs. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Peters, John M.; Farley, Jere – Tennessee Education, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Continuation Education, Coordination
Rossman, Mark H. – Adult Leadership, 1973
Adult learning theory might be summed up in three words--need, effort and satisfaction. An adult will learn once a need has been identified, effort expended to satisfy that need, and the need finally being satisfied. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adults, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedNiemi, John A. – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Course Content, Course Objectives, Cultural Background
Schiavone, James – Continuing Education, 1973
A vocationally-related adult basic education curriculum would include diagnostic testing, identifying academic skills, group planning, availability of instructional materials, parallel teaching of office procedures, and team teaching. (DS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Labor Force Development
Hampton, Leonard A. – Continuing Education, 1972
Several institutions of higher learning combined their efforts and resources to develop a Neighborhood Program that would reach the disadvantaged people in the Savannah Model Cities. Discusses program design, problems, and results of taking the program to the people under conditions and situations to which they could easily identify or relate. (RB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Centers, Continuing Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Yong, Chan Ching – ASPBAE Journal, 1971
A rapid survey of agencies, programs, personnel, and methods involved. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Continuation Education
Sepede, John H. – Adult Leadership, 1972
Attempts to define and meet the needs of adults being served by Adult Basic Education programs. (Author/LF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
Larry, R. Heath – Manpower, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Waldron, Mark W. – Adult Leadership, 1972
An account of the recent televised mass adult education project, Project Multi-Media," in Quebec, Canada. Experience in one area of Quebec indicates that it works. Whether the program will work on a province-wide scale is yet to be seen. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Innovation
Acitelli, Anna – Adult Leadership, 1971
Describes Project Step-Up, a demonstration program in job-related, adult basic education, its impact on the problems of the employed poor, and presents some idea of its future impact. (AN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Strategies
Sherron, Ronald H. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1971
A report on a Developmental and Demonstration Project in the Use of Modern Educational Technology for the Instruction of Under-educated Adults." (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Nadler, Leonard – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBurnett, Richard W.; Schnell, Thomas R. – Reading Horizons, 1983
Notes that the job market for those who can teach reading to older adolescents and adults in nonschool settings is changing and possibly expanding, while the demand for teachers who can teach only in traditional school settings is declining. Discusses the pros and cons of this situation. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Opportunities, Labor Market
