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Lutheran Social Mission Society, Philadelphia, PA. Lutheran Settlement House. – 1988
Based on a successful program for women conducted by Lutheran Settlement House in Philadelphia, this guide outlines step-by-step procedures for conducting educational field trips for students in adult basic education programs. The guide offers suggestions for identification of cultural, historical, and social resources that would provide valuable…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Community Resources, Experiential Learning
Molek, Carol – 1988
This report and reference booklet is designed to provide adult education supervisors, instructors, and General Educational Development (GED) students and alumni with information to establish GED alumni associations as part of the adult basic education program. The final report details the GED Alumni Stretch and Reach project, which was proposed to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Guides
Jones, Edward V. – Lifelong Learning, 1985
An "orientation" checklist is proposed to aid the adult basic education (ABE) teacher in preparing for instruction. The list reflects a number of issues teachers should consider carefully before meeting with students. The issues concern (1) information about the learners and their characteristics and needs that can be taken into account in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
Parker, Hazel; Smith, Cristine; Bingman, Beth – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2004
This Seminar guide is part of NCSALL's (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy's) effort to help connect research and practice in the field of adult education and family literacy. The purpose of the three-hour seminar is to help practitioners, program directors, state staff, and other policymakers read and discuss NCSALL's…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Family Literacy
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
This study circle was created by the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). The study circle is part of NCSALL's efforts to help connect research and practice in the field of adult basic education and adult literacy. The Adult Student Persistence Study Circle is one of a series of study circles that NCSALL has…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Study, Group Activities, Academic Persistence
National Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1995
This handbook is designed to provide guidance particularly to inexperienced coordinators of adult literacy volunteer tutor programs or to those isolated from support personnel or structures. It is not a curriculum to be followed from beginning to end, but a selection of materials from all states in Australia. Each section contains references and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Coordinators, Foreign Countries
Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London (England). – 1987
This discussion document provides detailed guidance on the resources needed to provide high quality learning opportunities for adults who want to improve basic communication skills. Background material is provided on the size of the literacy problem, the response of educators, the level of resources allocated for adult literacy and basic skills,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Educational Development
McDevitt, Ellen – 1993
An inservice training program for tutors was developed that was based on a review of existing math materials for students at the 5-8 grade level and an analysis of the results of standardized math tests administered to literacy students in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Nearly 100 adult literacy students were tested in Fall 1992. Results were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Literacy Education, Material Development
Lycoming County Library System, Williamsport, PA. – 1995
This report describes a project intended to address specialized recruitment of a multiethnic drug and alcohol recovery population in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, who had not availed themselves of adult literacy services. A collaborator would be established within the community to encourage educationally disadvantaged adults who would be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alcoholism, Drug Addiction, Educationally Disadvantaged
Epstein, Margarete – 1996
Eight adult literacy programs in Ohio and two in Minnesota were funded by the Ohio Literacy Resource Center in coordination with the National Institute for Literacy to get connected to and begin to use the Internet in the classroom. The 6-month grant (January-June 1996) supplied money, training, and ongoing technical support. The 10 sites…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Baker, Karen – 1996
The whole language approach was used with a "well" or successful adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) group. Literature was chosen as a curriculum for which group work could be devised that was geared to all levels of students. The book used was "Choices" by George Ella Lyon, a book of short stories written by characters who live in a small…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Group Instruction
MESA Corp., Reston, VA. – 1985
This guide is intended to help the correctional educator plan and develop comprehensive vocational and related academic skills programs. Sections I and II introduce the guide and its use. Section III focuses on these program elements: fundings--resource mobilization; coalition building--networking; curriculum--training methods--teaching…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Correctional Education
Center for Literacy, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1993
A project was undertaken to help low-literate Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) members develop the reading and writing skills needed to participate fully in AA/NA programs. A training program consisting of three 1.5-hour-long sessions and accompanying training guidelines were developed and used to train 21 student and 7 tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials, Literacy Education
Stiles, Richard L. – 1990
This guide is designed to promote and assist in the integration of the civics curriculum, required for immigrant legalization, into the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) curriculum through both curriculum development and program planning. The guide has two major parts. The first part is a listing, in a suggested sequence, of civics/ESL…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Citizenship Education, Civics, Curriculum Development
Auerbach, Elsa – 1990
This book is an account of the development and implementation of the University of Massachusetts English Family Literacy Project, presented as a curriculum guide for others who may be involved in developing English-as-a-Second-Language and family literacy programs for immigrants and refugees. An introductory section describes the program, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
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