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Direct linkMark Prendergast; Annette Forster; Niamh O'Meara; Kathy O'Sullivan; Fiona Faulkner – Irish Educational Studies, 2025
Despite the clear and obvious need for adults to be proficient in numeracy, international studies suggest that many continue to struggle in this area. In Ireland, one of the main challenges continues to be the availability of effective adult numeracy education. This is a diverse sector, and little is known about the varied provision of adult…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Numeracy, Faculty Development, Adult Educators
Goos, Merrilyn; Prendergast, Mark; O'Meara, Niamh; O'Sullivan, Kathy – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2023
This paper revisits and reanalyses data from a study carried out in the further education and training sector in the Republic of Ireland to investigate (1) how adults access and participate in numeracy courses and (2) how adult numeracy provision might support active citizenship. We analysed 45 interviews with adult education providers, adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Barriers, Adult Education, Numeracy
Download full textKenny, Michael; Finn, Josephine; Noone, Margaret; Sheehy, Mary; Butler, Finola; Shannon, Denise – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2021
A synergetic partnership of the Maynooth University Department of Adult and Community Education and the Further Education Support Services identified an educational need among Further Education and Training (FET) staff. The outcome was a jointly developed and delivered Level 9 blended learning Postgraduate Certificate in Programme Design and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses
Fitzsimons, Camilla; Dorman, Peter – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2013
Drawing from extensive experience as community educators, this paper discusses accreditation and its relationship to community development as informed by a cooperative inquiry conducted by tutors. Beginning with our rationale for undertaking the inquiry, it details our approach to community development and the centrality of education within this.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Social Change, Community Education, Community Development
Putti, Michelle Hoolan; Brady, Bernadine – Child Care in Practice, 2011
There is consensus within child welfare services that the provision of timely and effective support to families in the community is of critical importance in terms of protecting children. "Family support" is a term used to refer to a broad range of activities aimed at supporting the functioning of families. It is generally accepted that…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Needs Assessment
Wall, John; Ahmed, Vian – Computers & Education, 2008
Continuing professional development (CPD) and life-long learning are vital to both individual and organisational success. For higher education, the intensive resource requirements requisite in the development of e-learning content and the challenges in accommodating different learning styles, developing an e-learning program can be a resource…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Construction Industry, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries
