To aid teacher educators in preparing effective instructors of adults, this article offers an assessment of teacher effectiveness in adult education. Included is an examination of methodology and findings with regard to what constitutes the desirable knowledge, skill, and personality characteristics of adult educators. (DF)

Results of a study of speech production and speech perception by adult learners of English indicate the main differences between native-speaker and nonnative speaker perception and production. Methodological issues are raised relating to the comparison of the two, and the need for further research to evaluate and refine the relationship between…

Surveyed 81 women over 50 years of age enrolled in college. Findings showed that older women enter college to receive a degree, to achieve independence, and for employment preparation. The majority of older women indicated positive support from their families and anticipated employment after graduation. (LLL)

A discussion of the needs and consideration of the appropriateness of various methodological approaches used in conducting research projects on adult literacy. (WL)

Suggests that the issues raised in this article are more broadly relevant to the links between psychological research and psychological counseling. Viewing research as counseling may provide one useful approach toward bridging the gap between research and practice in psychology. (Author/AM)

Offers a list of requirements for the formulation of teaching goals and content of teaching materials, and a typical class-hour plan for teaching adults at an advanced level: discussion of aims, presenting a social event, situational role training, group and individual assignments, tests and class critiques. (Text is in German.) (IFS/WGA)

With a fifty-year history of commitment to serving adults, Widener University's University College recently volunteered to participate in CAEL's (Council for Adult and Experiential Learning) Adult Learning Focused Initiative (ALFI) by using the Institutional Self-Assessment Survey (ISAS) and the Adult Learner Inventory (ALI) from the ALFI…

The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy (CAEL) designed the Adult Learning Focused Institution (ALFI) Assessment Toolkit specifically for colleges and universities that want to retain undergraduate adult learners by providing programs that meet and exceed their expectations. The ALFI Assessment Tools are a pair of survey instruments that are…

NCSALL's (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy's) Adult Reading Components Study (ARCS), conducted by John Strucker and Rosalind Davidson at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, was designed to describe the various types or clusters of readers enrolled in U.S. adult basic education (ABE) programs, including both native…

The selections presented in this paper are intended to provide readers with a general understanding of some of the key issues and practices that bear on the implementation of educational technologies in adult literacy programs. The sources listed are not exhaustive but cover two dozen major reports, articles, and Web sites produced by the federal…

This literature review provides a portrait of the current state of theory, instruction, assessment, and professional development of numeracy education for Adult Basic Education (ABE) students. It addresses the following five research questions by summarizing key findings from the literature: (1) How does adult numeracy develop and how does it…

With increasing interest in improving the quality of adult literacy, numeracy and language provision, there has been growing interest in gaining an overview of what teachers actually do with their learners. This study looked at how 15 teachers taught over an average of 167 minutes in a cross-section of New Zealand classrooms. The report details…

nd wants of these students, nontraditional colleges have adopted research strategies that take into account both student expectations as well as their perception of satisfaction to assess service quality at their institutions. As one of the model adult learner focused institutions, Empire State College used Noel-Levitz Adult Learner Inventory in…

The four issues in this newsletter volume present information on the status and education of women. The focus of issue 1 is women and scientific literacy. Issue 2 contains the lead article, "Progress in Fits and Starts," which concentrates on the progress of women in higher education and trends in enrollment and degree completion. Issue 3 focuses…

Using data from 4,644 undergraduates, this study tested a causal model identifying effects of social integration, age, and time limiting characteristics on adult student learning. Time limiting characteristics included such constraints as off-campus responsibilities and relationships. Educationally related peer relationships were the strongest…