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Numeracy, Adult Education, and Vulnerable Adults: A Critical View of a Neglected Field
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Gal, Iddo; Grotlüschen, Anke; Tout, Dave; Kaiser, Gabriele – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2020
This survey paper examines selected issues related to the intersection of three broad scholarly areas: "numeracy," "adult education," and "vulnerability." Numeracy encompasses the ways in which people cope with the mathematical, quantitative, and statistical demands of adult life, and is viewed as an important outcome…
Descriptors: Numeracy, At Risk Persons, Adult Literacy, Informal Education
Key Factors Influencing the Maintenance of Adult Learners' Literacy Skills Levels: A Follow-Up Study of Three Participant Cohorts of the Literacy Programme in Cambodia
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Lang, Sophat – International Review of Education, 2021
This quantitative study examined the current level of literacy skills of three cohorts of learners after they completed a non-formal basic literacy programme in 2017, 2018 and 2019. The purpose of the study, conducted in late 2019, was to identify major factors that influenced the maintenance of their levels of reading and calculating skills. The…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Reading Skills, Numeracy, Computation
Learning to Be Correctional Educators: A Narrative Inquiry
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Crystal Marie Gearhart – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Much of the public does not realize that incarcerated individuals have the opportunity, and at times are mandated, to participate in adult education programming. Thus, teaching in the corrections setting is something that many people never consider as a career option. There are no undergraduate or graduate majors that can prepare someone to teach…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Access to Education
Diversification of Structural and Content Peculiarities of Non-Formal Adult Education in the USA and Canada
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Terenko, Olena – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2019
Types of non-formal adult education in the USA and Canada are singled out. Non-formal adult education in the United States and Canada is subdivided into basic adult education, education for professional development, education for personal development, specialized adult education, education for the development of civil society (constituents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Nonformal Education, Adult Education, Professional Development
Literacy and Numeracy from a Lifelong Learning Perspective. UIL Policy Brief 7
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UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
Literacy and numeracy are central to lifelong learning and sustainable development. In today's fast-changing world, both skills are essential to achieving independence and wellbeing, and provide the basis for sustainable societies with constant socio-economic progress. "Literacy and Numeracy from a Lifelong Learning Perspective," a new…
Descriptors: Literacy, Numeracy, Lifelong Learning, Sustainable Development
Adult Community Education: Australian Environmental Scan
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Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2020
Adult community Education (ACE) is a recognisable education sector that offers accessible lifelong learning opportunities that are learner-centred and needs based. The Australian ACE scan profiles the sector in terms of its programs, features and provider types. The scan outlines ACE program participants, outcomes and the policy areas they…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Community Programs, Lifelong Learning