Programme planning models found in the current body of literature provide some practical strategies for developing effective adult education programmes, but how political and economic systems of a country shape the nature and scope of planning is missing. This paper aims to fill this theoretical void by bringing political economy perspective into…

Higher level vocational education and training (VET) programmes are facing rapid change and intensifying challenges. What type of training is needed to meet the needs of changing economies? How should the programmes be funded? How should they be linked to academic and university programmes? How can employers and unions be engaged? The country…

A description of the planning of a mass literacy campaign in India through the development of pilot programs, by 1976, includes: reading material and curriculum development; training programs for supervisors and volunteers; and organization. Emphasis is placed on the need for universities to provide leadership in this area. (LH)

Concerns are expressed about the state of professional continuing education in colleges and universities, particularly with regard to new State licensure laws, the exclusion of extension professionals from the action in many programs, lack of planning for the disadvantaged, and program control by outside professionals. (JT)

This study focused on the development of an organizational model for an inservice training program for teachers of disadvantaged adults in a central Georgia school system, with emphasis on the importance of understanding the motives or causal factors that lead to participation. Information was obtained from teachers and students about factors that…

Focus on some of the problems of culturally different groups is the purpose of this paper; also, some implications are drawn for the adult educator. These problems are basically problems of communication caused by the apartness of these groups from the dominant society. The communication process is defined as involving an exchange of meaning…

This report describes a project that adopted a curriculum development approach to meet the education and training needs of the unemployed and other disadvantaged groups in Birmingham, England. Chapter 1 gives the project's purpose. Chapter 2 sets the project in its context--an outer city area. Chapter 3 describes the processes of analyzing needs…

Three purposes of the institute were: (1) identify needs of ghetto disadvantaged who can be reached by libraries, (2) explore means of responding effectively to these needs and (3) develop administrative approaches and procedures for implementing experimental library programs. Early planning decisions which contributed to the success of the…

This book is the result of a grant to develop and implement a program designed to enable adult female offenders, parolees, and probationers to enroll in and complete educational programs, develop job search skills, increase their self-esteem, and be placed in jobs. Chapter 1 describes the one year the program operated in South Carolina. It…

The document contains two major sections: a 210-page catalog of viable approaches to adult career planning and development, preceded by a 25-page manual designed to facilitate use of the catalog and also to assist in planning or improving adult career guidance programs. The manual provides guidelines to five major activities (determine local…

An area vocational school teacher responsible for working one-third time with disadvantaged and handicapped adults describes techniques and procedures used in assessing needs of the mountain people in a rural area of northern Georgia and in marshalling resources of various state and community agencies to develop an appropriate program in consumer…

This guide provides criteria for both the planning and the implementing of career education programs at the community college level and is the result of a national poll conducted by the National Dissemination Project. It is intended to suggest ways in which community colleges might better serve the needs of minority and disadvantaged students…

This report on some efforts being made in France to improve the education of the socially and culturally disadvantaged is presented for such value as it may have to American educational planners in their search for solution to this difficult problem. For the purposes of this study the term "socially and culturally handicapped or…

The Appalachian Adult Education Center (AAEC) conducted a study of the services of two institutions, public libraries and public schools, serving disadvantaged adults in cooperation. The study was conducted at four AAEC centers in Alabama, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia. The problems explored included information needs of…

In this booklet two members of a Canadian educational development organization share their experiences during 1983 in trying to adapt the popular education they had experienced in Central America to the Canadian context. The guide is organized in five chapters. Chapter 1 defines popular education and describes its characteristics and the role of…