The final documents adopted at CONFINTEA V in 1997 set out a variety of issues and challenges for the future development of adult education worldwide. The forthcoming CONFINTEA VI conference, due in 2009, will mark another milestone and provide an opportunity for the stocktaking of success stories and unresolved challenges, and for the development…

Wichita, incorporated in 1870 as a village, is the largest city in Kansas. Its population has increased continually. During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a huge influx of refugees into Wichita. In this article, the author discusses the growth of adult basic education in Wichita and relates stories of several adult basic education students.…

The article describes stages in the development of the municipally owned "workers' institutes" to provide education for adults in Finland and the now more common "civic institutes" with public or private sponsorship. Included are administrative structure, financing, staff, students, facilities, teaching arrangements, subjects…

Honoring the past through knowledge of a powerful movement from the beginning of the last century has been found to contain useful, relevant, meaningful information for present-day practitioners in adult education. The compelling story of an adult education project, begun nearly 100 years ago by Cora Wilson Stewart and known as "The Moonlight…

Reviews the adult illiteracy problem in the United States and explains a U.S. experimental adult literacy program titled the apperception interaction method (AIM). It is noted that AIM involves reading, writing, discussion, and the taking of practical action by participants. (LRA)

Based on a 65-day educational program in India designed to provide an Indian international perspective for 22 adult educators in the New England region and the addition of this dimension to their Adult Education programs at home, these papers written by the participants indicate their reactions to their Indian experience. They are intended for…

Focusing on adult education in Yugoslavia, this book is part of the series on adult education in Europe. The first of eight sections, traces historical development of adult education in Yugoslavia beginning with the second half of the nineteenth century and focusing on promotion of political awareness and socio-political education of the working…

The farmers' training and functional literacy program is based on the idea that there is a distinct correlation between physical and human ingredients in agriculture, between agricultural inputs and the upgrading of human resources. The program provides an integrated approach to a comprehensive rural development program and growth in agriculture.…

Presents recommendations from a January 1979 seminar held in Bengal, India, of representatives from different voluntary agencies associated with the national adult education program. Three groups discussed program components (literacy, awareness, and functionality), integrating development with adult education, voluntary agencies and government…

An evaluation of twenty-five national pilot experimental projects in permanent education conducted in European countries was done to provide a foundation for theoretical work, to update prior studies, and to create an awareness of the problems of permanent education. Three- to five-day evaluation visits were made to each of the project sites by a…

Under the stimulus of Federal funding, since 1965 the number of State Departments of Education having Directors of Adult Education has increased from less than 10 to 50; the number of graduate programs has grown from 14 to over 100; and public adult education programs are now offered in over 10,000 local education agencies. The report provides an…

The document is a preliminary inventory of innovations, practices, and products compiled from reports submitted to the Division of Adult Education, U.S. Office of Education. Concise descriptions of innovations are arranged in five categories: delivery systems, instruction, English as a Second Language (ESL), staff development, and other. The…

Adult education in the Netherlands is administered under four different branches of government. Formal education or credit-granting courses come under the Ministry of Education and Science. Development of the adult as an individual in his/her social environment falls under the Ministry of Welfare, Health, and Cultural Affairs. Industry training,…