Writing for adult neo-literates is not easy, but it can be done. The Authors show how neo-literates can and should be stimulated to learn. (MR)

In his communique to his people the President of Tanzania stressed the importance of adult education for each individual. The prime objectives of adult education, he said, are to combat inertia and bring about self fulfillment of the individual both for himself and his country. (RR)

Reconsideration of the education process for both adults and the young is required by the knowledge explosion and other factors of the past few decades. The author discusses the need for a life-long education system, with particular attention to adult education of various kinds. (MF)

Article suggests that cable television has much to offer adult education as a supplement to today's growing educational needs. (ML)

Discusses a vocational preparatory program which provided the adult learner with academic skills in math, science, and English needed for entry into one of Manitoba's Community Colleges. (Author/AS)

Swedish adult education has increased significantly during the last century. A great part of this increase has evolved from work within the popular movements, particularly study circles within the workers' movement and the free church movement. Three different time periods are of interest: 1910-14, 1930-39, and 1970-79. During the two earlier…

The author suggests that it is more useful to talk of educational situations, with the emphasis on teaching, rather than the unqualified term of learning situations. Educational situations require fairly specific learner/teacher goals, standards of attainment, and methods of learning actively involving the learner. (Author/EA)

THIS PAPER ON COMPARATIVE ADULT EDUCATION BEGINS BY DISCUSSING COMPARATIVE METHODS IN THE ABSTRACT. IT THEN PRESENTS TWO MODELS, AS PROPOUNDED BY A LAYMAN IN THE FIELD OF ADULT EDUCATION, AND CONCLUDES WITH A FEW SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS AS TO PROCEDURE. CURRICULUM ANALYSIS AND INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS ARE THE PROCESSES REPRESENTED IN THE PRINCIPAL…

Based on a work paper on adult and continuing education policy formation for Quebec, this document modifies and supplements recommendations on the unemployed and other high priority clientele groups, adult education content and methodology, the training of adult educators, responsibilities of sponsoring bodies (including the mass media), Federal…

The BBC should present programs which are geared, both in content and method of presentation, to the educationally disadvantaged since radio and television are among the more obvious ways to reach them. The issue arises from discussion of a Fourth Channel. (Author/AG)

It is becoming recognized that participative training techniques are often the most effective. Article deals with two groups of these techniques. (Editor/RB)

Explains why two concepts in the delivery of continuing professional education (CPE)--program planning and andragogy--are inadequate, and proposes a reconceptualization of CPE and a reexamination of theory and practice in adult education. (Availability: Falmer Press, Falmer House, Barcombe, Nr Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5DL, UK.) (SK)

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)

The idea that post-school education has been influenced by a "therapeutic turn" in recent years has been subjected to critical scrutiny by a number of commentators. Learning initiatives which are dominated by objectives linked to personal and social skills, emotional intelligence and boosting self-esteem and confidence have been labelled as…

An Indian adult educator discusses the value of "pleasure-oriented" audiovisual adult education, the use of both commercial and subsidized films, television, and radio for their educational potential. He notes several production needs and techniques. (MF)