Competency-Based Adult Education: Toward a Functional Definition.

Taylor, Paul G.

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ERIC Number: EJ205977

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Publication Date: 1978

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Competency-Based Adult Education: Toward a Functional Definition.

Taylor, Paul G.

Adult Literacy and Basic Education, v2 n3 p146-57 Fall 1978

Defines competency-based adult education as activities providing coping and life skills, functional literacy, mastery learning, external or alternative high school diplomas, and educational credits for life experiences. Discusses activities in relation to federally authorized Adult Basic Education, minimal testing, Adult Performance Level research, and the Adult Education Division's adult competency education workshop. (Author/CSS)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning, External Degree Programs, Federal Programs, Functional Literacy, Mastery Learning, Nontraditional Education, Opinions, Program Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Adult Education Act 1966; Economic Opportunity Act 1964

Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Adult Performance Level

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