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Download full textAlamprese, Judy; Koloski, Judy – 1992
This report summarizes the findings of a workshop convened to examine the implications of the "direct and equitable access" provision of the National Literacy Act (1991). For its successful implementation, this provision requires a willingness by state adult education offices, national and state literacy organizations, and other…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Meenan, Avis L., Comp.; Burns, Patricia E., Comp. – 1987
These proceedings contain the summaries of 60 presentations. Among those included are: "Desk Top Publishing & Experiential Literacy Material" (Arnold); "A Description of the U.S. Experience in Providing Vocational Skills to Individuals with Low Literacy Skills" (Barbee); "Audio-Disk Technology" (Bixler, MacClay); "Technology for Teachers: A Group…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Healy, Patrick, Ed. – 1982
This report of the Paris conference of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) consists of edited versions of all the written reports of the various sessions of the conference, together with a general introduction and other supporting material. The eight chapters of the report contain 31 speeches, policy group working reports,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
New Trends, 1984
This document contains reports of the members of three committees of the Council of Europe who made on-site visits to experimental adult education and community development projects throughout Europe in 1982 and 1983. The 14 reports describing the projects cover the following topics: (1) National Federation of Women's Institutes (United Kingdom);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education
University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, AR. – 1993
Forty representative learning disabilities specialists from 19 states met to discuss ways of improving the diagnosis, remediation, and counseling of adults with learning disabilities. First, the activities of the Jones Learning Center at the University of the Ozarks regarding diagnosing and mainstreaming college students with learning disabilities…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
Klercq, Jumbo, Ed.; Damen, Ulrich, Ed. – 1991
The following papers and workshop presentations are included in these proceedings: "Grandparents and Grandchild" (Goezinne-Zijlmans, Hirsch); "Call for an Open Discussion among the Professional Educators" (Klercq); "Energetic But Marginal--Paradox and Promise" (ter Steege); "Integration of Older People within the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Aging (Individuals), Educational Change
Rydstrom, Gunnar, Comp. – 1987
This document reports, in narrative format, the proceedings of a conference in Sweden attended by more than 40 adult educators from around the world to discuss aid to education in developing nations. The report describes the conference's two main objectives: (1) to exchange experiences about financing and supporting adult education in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, DC. – 1990
This document contains 20 papers on lifelong education presented at a conference on aging. The papers, grouped into themes of trends and implications, resourceful roles (students and learners, teachers and mentors) and an agenda for the future, include the following: "Demographic Potential and the Quiet Revolution" (Opening Remarks by Robert A.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Sartisky, Michael, Ed.; Dennis, Thomas A., Ed. – 1990
This report contains the proceedings of a public forum held to explore and exchange definitions and theories of literacy and to present examples of successful literacy programs in Louisiana in 1990. The following presentations are included: "Conference Welcome" (Patti Roemer); "Conference Introduction" (Michael Sartisky);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Kerner, Claus, Ed.; Odenbrett, Glenn, Ed. – 1986
This collection includes eight papers (authored by Germans) on adult education programs in Cleveland, Ohio, and eight papers (authored by Americans) about adult education programs in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as German and English introductions to the collection. The following papers are included: "Neue Wege in der…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Comparative Education
Charters, Alexander N., Comp.; Cassara, Beverly, Comp. – 1989
These proceedings contain the following 12 papers on comparative adult education: "Adult Education as Concept and Structure: An Agenda for Research" (Colin Titmus); "Report on the Context and State of Comparative Adult Education and on Four Publications" (Alexander N. Charters); "Comparative Adult Education Research:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Andragogy
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Dept. of Adult and Community Coll. Education. – 1984
These proceedings contain 50 papers. Selected brief titles include: "A Comparative Analysis of Costs and Perceived Effectiveness of Postgraduate Continuing Education for Mississippi Pharmacists" (Bellande); "A Conceptual and Empirical Perspective on Adult Education Program Planning Theory" (Boshier); "Self-Directed Adult Learning" (Brookfield);…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Arizona State Univ., Tempe. – 1985
These proceedings contain the texts of the following 44 papers: "Adult Development in Midlife, Childless Women" (Rita Keneipp); "Analysis of the Relationship between Cognitive Style (Field Dependence-Field Independence) and Level of Learning" (Eugene Tootle); "Reconceptualizing Adult Education Participation" (Peter Cookson); "Adulthood:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb. Office of Education Research. – 1981
These proceedings contain 40 presentation papers, four alternate papers, and seven symposia from the Twenty-Second Adult Education Research Conference. The 44 papers report on research, research problems, and research possibilities, including comparison of student performance in two curricular approaches, trust in small groups, overcoming…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Hwang, Jong-Gon, Ed. – 1979
The impact of urbanization and industrialization on adult education in East and Southeast Asia was the subject of a conference attended by thirty-five East Asian adult educators and scholars. Conference objectives included the following: to identify the impact of industrial development in urban and rural communities and the related problems of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults, Case Studies
