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Download full textFlorida State Legislature, Tallahassee. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability. – 2002
The adult general education programs administered by the Division of Workforce Development in Florida's Department of Education were subjected to a justification review. To assess the programs' performance, the number of literacy completion points (LCPs) earned by each program and system and the number of LCPs earned per enrollee were analyzed.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 2000
This booklet contains profiles of nine outstanding adult learners from eight Pennsylvania counties who have been recognized for their educational achievements and for acknowledging the power of education in their lives and overcoming great personal difficulties to improve and enhance the quality of their lives and those of their families and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Rose, Amy, Comp. – 1999
Among 59 papers are the following:"Women's Transitions from Welfare to Paid Work and Education" (Andruske); "Sustaining Commitment to Social Responsibility" (Armstrong); "Investigation of How Faculty Learn to Teach at a Distance with Technology" (Armstrong); "Examined Life" (Baird); "Dynamics of Adult…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
National-Louis Univ., Evanston, IL. – 1995
This document contains 33 papers from a conference on research in adult, continuing, and community education. Representative papers include the following: "Highlander Folk School: A Commune Based on Intellectual Property" (Keith B. Armstrong, Donna J. Martin); "Women, Welfare and Mandated Education: An Analysis of Single Mothers'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Centre for Literacy, 2000
Television has been seen by some as an enemy of literacy and by others as a tool for enhancing literacy. It has been used to arouse public awareness through national campaigns, to instruct in basic skills, and to motivate potential learners to seek education. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), adults with limited literacy…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy, Television, Foreign Countries
PDF pending restorationBrancolini, Scott A.; And Others – 1995
This document summarizes the responses from members of the public throughout the 50 states, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico to a September 1994 notice in the Federal Register in which the Secretary of Education invited public comments regarding reauthorization of programs under the Perkins Act, Adult Education Act, and National Literacy Act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Articulation (Education), Block Grants
King, Linda, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 14 papers: "Indigenous Peoples and Adult Education: A Growing Challenge" (Rodolfo Stavenhagen); "Indigenous Peoples: Progress in the International Recognition of Human Rights and the Role of Education" (Julian Burger); "Adult Learning in the Context of Indigenous Societies" (Linda King); "Linguistic Rights and the Role of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Clough, Barbara Stolze, Ed. – 1990
Among 17 French and 63 English papers are the following: "Case Study of the Convergence Model in Program Evaluation" (Alexander); "Nowlen's Approach to Continuing Professional Education" (Blanchard); "Challenge for Indigenous Approaches to Adult Education (AE) and Development" (Bonson); "Cultural and Social…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Langenbach, Michael, Comp. – 1991
Papers in this volume include: "Retirement Learning" (Adair); "Effect of Literacy on Personal Income" (Blunt); "Popular Discourse Concerning Women and AIDS" (Boshier); "John Steinbeck's Learning Project" (Brockett); "Faculty Careers of Professors of Adult Education" (Caffarella); "Racism in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Kulich, Jindra, Comp. – 1984
This bibliography contains 682 listings covering English language materials on adult education in Europe published during 1980-82. Materials were chosen in accord with a broad definition of adult education that includes vocational education for adults; training in business and industry; adult secondary and postsecondary study; activities of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Rivera, William M., Comp.; Walker, Sharon M., Comp. – 1985
The 48 papers in this proceedings focus on aspects of non-formal adult education including international comparative adult education. The papers are: "Lifelong Learning in Perspective" (Knox); "Women in their Thirties: The In-Between Generation" (Caffarella, Freeman); "Development in Women: An Analysis of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Aging (Individuals)
Rivera, William M., Ed.; Walker, Sharon M., Ed. – 1984
These 41 papers reflect the conference's focus on nonformal adult education. A major goal of the conference was to facilitate dialogue between researchers and practitioners who are concerned with lifelong learning issues. Four papers focus on aging, specifically intergenerational experiences, preretirement leisure counseling, aging of the work…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
McCauley, Fiona – 2000
The issues facing the following areas of adult education in Ireland in the era of lifelong learning were examined in a white paper: (1) second chance and further education; (2) community education; (3) workplace education; and (4) higher education. The Irish National Association of Adult Education (AONTAS) analyzed the recommendations presented in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Hine, William C., Ed. – 2001
The following 22 research papers are included in this proceedings: "Relationships between Scholarly Activities of Teaching and the Scholarly Activities of Research" (Ahmed Khaled Ahmed and James McElhinney); "Making the Invisible Visible: British Caribbean Immigrant Women & Their Learning Experiences in Institutions of Higher Learning" (Mary V.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
Nesbit, Tom, Ed. – 2001
This document contains 29 papers and 7 roundtable presentations from a Canadian conference on the study of adult education. The following papers are among those included: "Cultivating Knowledge" (Mike Ambach); "Subsistence Learning" (Rose Barg); "Non-Governmental Organizations and Popular Education Programs" (Bijoy P.…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
