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Download full textNash, Andy; Uvin, Johan – 1993
A minicourse pilot project was designed by the Massachusetts Department of Education to meet the staff training and development needs of workplace educators in the National Workplace Literacy Program. During the course, various activities and group configurations were used to help teachers apply modeled approaches to their own teaching contexts,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs
Comings, John; Sum, Andrew; Uvin, Johan – 2000
The role of adult education in sustaining economic growth and expanding opportunity in Massachusetts was explored. The analysis focused on the new basic skills needed for a new economy, groups lacking the new basic skills, the demand for adult basic education (ABE), funding for ABE, building basic skills through adult education, ABE's costs and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
