This module, one in a series relating to consumer education, is intended as a teaching guide. Topics covered by the guide are: What Should Consumers Know and Do in Order to Get Their Money's Worth?; What Should Consumers Know and Do about Advertising?; What Should Consumers Know and Do about Product Warranties?; What Should Consumers Know and Do…

Describes the experience of a teacher involved in a program for teaching beginning French to prison inmates with a high school education. (AM)

The conventions of vocational education are not suited to adult vocational education. The author notes that policy changes are needed to respond to demographic changes, to provide for institutional solutions for adult vocational education, and to match vocational education and training with the entire age range of the occupational structure. (MF)

Discusses the necessity of a close relationship between evaluation and instruction, between evaluator and instructor in adult language training programs and other programs. (AM)

Discusses "non-traditional students" and what they are doing in traditionally youth-oriented aggregates, the campuses of our colleges and universities. (Author/RK)

Combined descriptive and qualitative research procedures to investigate the developmental forces influencing women's decisions to enter or return to college after the age of 25. Results suggest that, despite the ability of most respondents to report events that significantly influenced their reentry decision, the role of such events is best…

The study compared the career maturity levels of a sample of basic education students to the norms. Following a 10-week career development course, the gains of a treatment group were compared to those of a control group. No gains were found in the control group; however, the treatment group moved from the lowest to the highest norm quartile.…

In 1976, Indiana University began offering a General Studies degree to open degree opportunities to those who are not necessarily able to return to the campus and meet residency requirements for other degrees. As a cornerstone of the program, a flexible admission policy was included for those 21 years or older. (JOW)

Examines Competency-Based Education (CBE) at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Regina from the perspective of counseling. Program characteristics, program development, student involvement, and counselor role in the program are described. (Author/BL)

Discusses factors contributing to high level of illiteracy in Senegal. Reports on study of Senegalese reading habits--participants enjoy reading, read newspapers often, would like to read better, and would take reading improvement courses if they were offered. (CMG)

While research on the human brain indicates that some learning difficulties may be related to differential development of parts of the brain, there are unanswered questions and design weaknesses in the research. Adult educators should concentrate on identifying students' preferred learning modes and helping them use all of their faculties. (JOW)

Courses, curriculum, and classrooms can be designed to affirm students in their adulthood, empowering them to draw on their experiences, interests, and self-motivation to learn. Starting at the introductory level and continuing through specialty courses and electives, critical thinking, learning contracts, self-directed learning, and sharing…

Subject matter concept attainment by adult students was studied by experimentally manipulating instructional instances which were either positive or negative, clear or obscure, or presented in large or small variety. (Author/JA)

Colleges and universities are discovering a boom in part-time, nontraditional, off-campus adult education. (PG)

The article views the adult school administrator as counselor in terms of role, preparation and procedures, and characteristics. (BY)