Inter-disciplinary attitude toward curricular materials and analysis of their relevance to Appalachian needs are introduced. A two-day brainstorming session of expert educators in reading, sociology, adult education, and nutrition exploring relationship between various curricular materials and Appalachian experience is summarized. (NF)

This paper discusses the new trends geared toward providing educational services to prisoners in correctional institutions. Correctional educators are attempting to help prisoner/students identify realistic goals and to develop the necessary coping skills to achieve them. The average age and educational level of federal prisoners has increased.…

The value of good public relations between the community and adult continuing education programs and suggestions for achieving this are discussed. (LH)

Comments on the present status and future possibilities of eight categories of public library service to adults--circulating and noncirculating collections, space and equipment, access to other collections, delivery of materials, guidance for users, public programs, and support for groups. (CWM)

An instructor recounts the benefits he experienced from teaching a course in imaginative writing to an adult class. (MLF)

Chronicles the work of various American Theatre Association members to obtain a grant from the Alliance for Arts Education to fund a status study of the theatre opportunities for and by senior adults. Theatre News American Theatre Association, Inc. 1029 Vermont Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Subscription Rates; one year, $5.00; two years,…

Explores user reaction to results on the Kuder Occupational Interest Survey DD (KOIS); specifically the reaction of re-entry women. (Author/DEP)

Questionnaires were distributed to participants in all-women outdoor programs to discover why these women chose an all-women program, how the experience influenced their lives, and if they planned to continue with this type of program. Findings are discussed. (DF)

To adult educators, Grundtvig is of importance as the originator of the folk high school, which he felt strongly must be a center of liberal education, a "school for life." He was greatly impressed by the residential colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, which he visited around 1830, but he realized that they were a preserve of a privileged…

Describes design of a five-session workshop program developed by the Parma (Ohio) School System to introduce the metric system to laymen. (JG)

A model for adult basic education (ABE) programs is presented in which emphasis is placed on the needs of the community for skills and labor supply rather than upon the internal needs of the individual. Eight variables over which the educator (including administration) has some control are delineated and strategies by which learning opportunities…

Article lists available documents on the subject of dropouts in adult education. (GB)

Some insights on the overall scope of adult education in Great Britain. (DS)

Describes the college set up by the Metalworkers' Federation of Denmark. (SP)