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Direct linkHillier, Yvonne – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2010
This article examines the growth of practitioner research in England through the creation of the Learning and Skills Research Network (LSRN) and identifies its effect on subsequent developments in what is generally known as the Lifelong Learning Sector (LLS). It offers an analysis of this development as a case study in developing practitioner…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Educational Research, Adult Education, Lifelong Learning
Download full textKruidenier, John R.; MacArthur, Charles A.; Wrigley, Heide S. – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
The Adult Literacy Research Working Group (ALRWG), a panel of experts on adult reading research and practice, was established by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) in collaboration with the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). It was part of the Institute's efforts to provide educators, parents and others…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Basic Education
Comings, John; Soricone, Lisa – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2007
This monograph looks first at opportunities provided by research in the adult literacy field and then identifies challenges to scientific research and suggests ways to address these challenges so that better evidence can be generated in the future. It has two goals that support the building of a stronger research base for the adult literacy…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Researchers, Adult Literacy, Adult Education
Payne, John – 2002
This report analyzes recent English-language research on basic skills in the workplace. Part A, a thematic guide to the field, includes detailed references to publications listed in Part B. Section A1 indicates the scope. It defines basic skills and underlines the importance of other terms, especially key skills, information and communications…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
St. Clair, Ralf; Chen, Chia-Yin; Taylor, Lyndsay – 2003
Staff members of a state literary resource center surveyed their practitioner clients to determine how they viewed research and the kinds of uses they made of it. Mail surveys were sent to all of the 404 adult education and English as a second language program directors in the state, and followup telephone interviews were conducted with 16 of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Literacy, Diffusion (Communication)
Smith, Christine; Bingman, Mary Beth; Hofer, Judy; Medina, Patsy – 2002
The effectiveness of the National Center for Study Adult Learning Literacy's (NCSALL's) Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network was examined by reviewing how, from 1997 to 2001, adult basic education teachers from 14 states served as liaisons between practitioners in their states and the NCSALL by engaging in the following activities:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Cooperation, Educational Policy
