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Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1982
This report describes certain assumptions and tentative conclusions made by an Advisory Group of the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) about work with the mentally handicapped from a nonspecialist perspective. With the basic education organizer in mind, the report addresses six major issues. A definition of the term mentally handicapped…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Download full textGreen, Muriel – 2003
This document contains a booklet and companion CD-ROM that introduce and describe a learner-centered assessment process for assessing students' basic skills upon entry into post-16 provision at further education colleges in the United Kingdom. After introducing the concept of learner-centered assessment, the booklet outlines a comprehensive,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Check Lists
Howard, Ursula – 2001
This "think piece" on ways to increase demand for learning in the United Kingdom is designed to stimulate debate among policy makers and managers in the new learning and skills sector. Section 1, on context, addresses these issues: low skill levels; delivering skills to employers; low adult participation; and negative attitudes. Section…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Educational Demand, Educational Finance
Hughes, Maria, Ed.; Turner, Paul, Ed. – 2002
This report provides a summary of findings from research into work-related education and training undertaken over the last five years by organizations then called the Further Education Development Agency (FEDA) and Quality and Performance Improvement Dissemination (QPID) Unit of the Department for Education and Employment. Cross-references to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Tait, Jo, Ed.; Knight, Peter, Ed. – 1996
The development of key competencies through higher education is of increasing interest in government, industry, and academics. The contributors to this collection of research analyses and case studies focus on the competencies associated with self-motivated autonomous lifelong learning. Examining a variety of issues from a British perspective, the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Basic Skills Agency, London (England). – 2000
This document presents advice from the United Kingdom's Basic Skills Agency regarding developing local action plans. The first 20% of the document defines basic skills and discusses the following action plan components: (1) an estimate of the area's need for basic skills training; (2) a target to reduce the area's estimated scale of need; (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
