Through a survey conducted in Michigan, this study attempted to provide information concerning the organization of and classroom practices in adult education programs in English for speakers of other languages. Administrators were queried via a mailed questionnaire about organizational aspects of their programs, and teachers were asked to provide…

This handbook documents the role of the teacher aide as a member of the instructional team in the Carroll County Public Schools of Virginia. The text is divided into five main sections: administrative policies and procedures, degree and licensed program, professional policies, health and safety, and career wage scale for paraprofessionals. The…

The central purpose of this book is to review the present state of the art in adult basic education teacher training. Each of the chapters of the book was developed specifically for the Workshop to Increase and to Improve University Teacher Training Programs in Adult Basic Education, which was held at The University of Chicago in March 1969. The…

This year book of the National Institute of Adult Education (England and Wales) and the Scottish Institute of Adult Education lists organizations concerned with adult education programs and, in most cases, provides a brief description of the programs. Following a discussion of the purposes of the National Institute of Adult Education (NIAE), the…

The 1970-1971 field testing of the Adult Basic Education Empleen Ingles video programs and paper and pencil lessons was undertaken to provide answers to several questions. These questions concerned: (1) the instructional effectiveness of the 30 video programs and pen and pencil lessons; (2) the two programs as single or dual instructional media;…

This abstract bibliography is a selection of materials from the National Multimedia Center for Basic Education collection especially suited to Adult Basic Education (ABE) and other adult programs. It includes teacher-support and student-use texts, workbooks, classroom kits, and reference sources. Curricular information, reading level, and format…

This manual describes a program for training extension service employees and states the general policies, requirements and procedures governing the training and development programs for USDA Extension Service staff. The topics covered are: (1) extension service training program--responsibility for training, kinds of training to be carried out; (2)…

A point of view on the subject of life-long education is presented. The viewpoint espoused is that the academic community should make an effort to attract to the campus a group of citizens who showed interest in keeping up their education and understanding of contemporary developments. When this program was undertaken, a series of 40 lectures were…

An instructor's guide for the presentation of an adult secretarial/business education course is presented. It is divided into 10 lessons. The first four lessons cover the factors in people and groups which are fundamental to an understanding of environmental (or human) relationships in business. The rest of the lessons take up specific aspects of…

The final technical report and summary of a study of lifelong learning programs in the United States are presented. Included in the report are a background study of adult and continuing education, a survey of existing programs and practices, and statistical findings. Specimen materials are shown and exemplary practices suggested. Recommendations…

A course is presented which is designed for a student functioning as low as grade four level or with gaps in his knowledge at a very low level, to orient student to program and provide experience in learning skills associated with program materials and instructional support facilities within the training center complex. Following the learning…

The proceedings of the Bergamo Conference called by the Division for Adult Education of the United States Catholic Conference are contained in this report. Included in this report are papers presented at the conference and summaries of workshops; agendas and rosters are contained in the appendices. Some of the papers are presented entirely and…

Three evaluation studies are used to illustrate the notion of an eclectic approach to adult education evaluation. The first study, Credit and Non-Credit Offerings in a Federal Penitentiary, evaluated the learning climate in this educational setting using data collected from participating inmates (Questionnaire), non-participating inmates…

The educational policies and programs of the Pathet Lao are examined in some detail in this report. The first section looks generally at the colonial legacy and present context. Because of the meager resources made available for education under the French and the deprived conditions prevailing in what became the Pathet Lao zone, educational policy…

THE FACTORS WHICH MIGHT HAVE CAUSED ADULTS TO DROP OUT OF AN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM WERE EXAMINED. THIS ADULT PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED IN A SMALL CITY IN WISCONSIN FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1966. TWO TEACHERS, A READING TEACHER AND AN ENGLISH TEACHER, HELD CLASS TWICE A WEEK FOR 50 SESSIONS. THIRTY-EIGHT ADULTS RANGING IN AGE FROM 18 TO 60 WERE…