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Loo, Sai – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2007
Since 2002, adult numeracy specifications have been introduced for the first time in England. This article investigates the relevance of Bernstein and Shulman's theoretical frameworks to teacher training using the new Level 4 adult numeracy teacher training programmes as an example. The article discusses Bernstein's theories relating to pedagogic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Trainees, Numeracy
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Loo, Sai – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
Nationally approved adult numeracy teacher training programmes were started in September 2002 following the introduction of subject specifications by the Department for Education and Skills and the Further National Training Organisation in England. These programmes delivered by higher education institutions and further education colleges were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Adult Education, Classification
Leonelli, Esther, Ed.; And Others – 1994
The product of a project conducted in Massachusetts to apply the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" to adult basic education (ABE) learning environments, this volume is a collection of teacher-researchers' essays on field-based application of the adapted…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development
Leonelli, Esther, Ed.; Schwendeman, Ruth, Ed. – 1994
This document is the outcome of a project conducted in Massachusetts to apply the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' (NCTM) "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" to adult basic education (ABE) learning environments. The first chapter describes the work of the Math Team, a committee of 22 adult basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Fellenz, Robert A.; Conti, Gary J. – 1990
This document contains the final report and the third-year report of the Center for Adult Learning Research, which was established at Montana State University (MSU) in December 1985 with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. The final report reviews first- through third-year activities. It describes the following research projects: strategies…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, American Indian Education
Reiff, Tana – 1994
This document contains summaries of 48 research projects that were, with few exceptions, funded under Section 353 of the Adult Education Act. Discussed in the introduction are the distribution and stated purposes of Section 353 grants, the procedures used to locate the project reports summarized, criteria used to determine which projects would be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
Literacy Documentation, 1978
Three abstracts and seventy-five acquisitions related to adult literacy are presented. A few of the acquisition entries are in French. The abstracts are of the following: "Directory of Organizations Offering Literacy Training Courses," by the International Institute of Adult Literacy Methods; "Directory of Universities and Institutes Offering…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bibliographies