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Examining the Impact of Workplace Literacy Programs on the Structure of Social Networks: A Study of Low-Income Somali Refugee Workers
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Nwude, Angela U.; Zajicek, Anna – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
This study aimed to examine the impact of workplace literacy programs on the structure of social networks accessible to low-income Somali refugee workers. We conceptualized structure as network size and tie strength. Data were drawn using interviews with eighteen participants enrolled in a workplace literacy program. The classes offered included…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Social Networks, Social Capital
Could Integrating Development Education into Adult and Community Education Create More Space for Critical Adult and Community Education in Ireland
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Bailey, Natasha – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2011
From 2008-2009 the author was commissioned by AONTAS in partnership with Irish Aid to carry out a piece of research which aimed to examine how there could be a strategic focus on the integration of development education, or incorporating a global dimension to learning, into adult and community education in Ireland. It also examined whether or not…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship, Global Approach, Community Education
The Big Society Must Be a Learning Society
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Bubb, Stephen – Adults Learning, 2010
The UK coalition government has stated its ambition to create a "Big Society". This represents an attempt to alter the relationship between citizen and state, loosening the vertical ties that exist between government and the individual while strengthening the informal bonds of neighbourhoods and communities. This agenda runs through the…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Disadvantaged, Adult Learning, Financial Support
Sowing the Seeds of Social Change: The Outcomes and Impact of a Social Action Model of Community Education. Research Report AONTAS 2011
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Bailey, Natasha; Ward, Mark; Goodrick, Michelle – AONTAS The National Adult Learning Organisation, 2011
The research described in this report is a companion piece of research to one conducted by AONTAS from 2009-2010 about the outcomes and impact of Department of Education and Skills (DES) funded community education. It answers a call in that research to isolate and investigate the outcomes of community education not wholly funded through DES. This…
Descriptors: Social Change, Social Action, Models, Community Education
The Impact of Educational Disadvantage on Adult Citizenship and Participation in Ireland
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Connolly, Tracey – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2005
Annually a little over 2,000 young people leave school in Ireland without any formal qualification (i.e. before taking the Junior Certificate). Indeed, according to the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF) an estimated 1,000 pupils do not transfer annually from primary to post primary education. More often than not educational disadvantage is…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Educational Attainment, Dropouts, Disadvantaged
Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs, Fiscal Year 2010
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US Department of Education, 2010
This paper provides an overview of U.S. Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law. It includes information as well on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important resources for education. Readers will find funding information, contact information, and a web site for…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Public Agencies, Educational Improvement, Adult Education