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Balatti, Jo; Black, Stephen; Falk, Ian – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2006
This study investigated whether adult literacy and numeracy courses produced social capital outcomes, which are changes in students' connections with networks of people. Interviews seeking information about participation in adult literacy and numeracy courses were conducted with 57 students and 18 teachers in four courses, one each in the Northern…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Numeracy, Adult Literacy, Quality of Working Life
ASPBAE Courier, 1990
This publication contains 11 papers, all of which reflect the emphasis on literacy that continues to dominate adult education at the end of International Literacy Year. The papers include four presentations from conferences related to literacy held in 1990, one on literacy and peace held in Indonesia and one on literacy in China held in Macao. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Hajaj, Khaldoun – 2002
Despite calls by consumer advocates for Australia's governments and financial services institutions to provide consumers with resources to help them understand how the financial services sector operates, financial education remains something that most Australians gain by default. Research conducted in the United Kingdom and United States, has…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy