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Thomas, J. E. – Adult Education (London), 1972
Article reveals the different kinds of educational programs that are being used in Australia and New Zealand and suggests that England might implement some of them. (ML)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Methods, Educational Programs
Peer reviewedThies, Leslye Sage – RE:view, 1995
The Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, in conjunction with Saint John Ambulance, developed a first aid training program for individuals with visual impairments in Victoria, Australia. This paper describes preparation of the program, participants, instructors, funding and costs, program objectives, and program evaluation. (JDD)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Methods, First Aid, Foreign Countries
Direct linkKosbab, Derek J. – Education & Training, 2003
Presents a perspective on vocational learning that proposes that vocational competence is dependent upon dispositional development, which in turn, results in moves towards maturation. Reports research with unemployed adults engaging in vocational training and resulting in four findings. First, while training packages describe assessable outcomes…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Vocational Education, Trainees, Competence
Ingram, D. E. – 1979
A chapter from the Teacher's Manual of the Adult Migrant Education Program of the Australian Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, the document presents a second-language teaching methodology which focuses on the learner, language use, and social interaction, and responds to the learner's felt needs, thus helping newly-arrived migrants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Bilingual Education, Educational Methods
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1964
This study, based on statistical and other data reported by 88 nations, reviews the nature and extent of organized efforts to promote the spread of adult literacy and to provide elementary and secondary education for adults. Included in the comparative tables and individual reports are such aspects as program sponsorship and administration,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum
Download full textMcKay, Heather – International Education Journal, 2004
This paper argues that the Tertiary and Further Education system in Australia has responded to globalisation in two paradoxical ways; the pro-active response of internationalisation and the reactive response of competency-based training. Competency-based training currently has a strangle hold on the TAFE sector and education has become a process…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Competency Based Education
Syracuse Univ., NY. ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1968
THE 45 ABSTRACTS AND ANNOTATIONS IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY COVERING THE PERIOD 1963-67 HAVE BEEN ARRANGED BY GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION TO GIVE THE USER CURRENT AWARENESS OF PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE ON A GIVEN SEGMENT OF THE WORLD, AND TO FACILITATE THE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON ADULT EDUCATION. ITEMS ON INDIA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, NEPAL, AND…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiovisual Aids, Comparative Education
