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Download full textHarvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1986
This instructional module on human development aspects of aging is one in a block of 10 modules designed to provide the human services worker who works with older adults with basic information regarding the aging process. An introduction provides an overview of the module content. A listing of general objectives follows. Two sections present…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Aging (Individuals)
PDF pending restorationCalifornia State Univ. and Colleges, Long Beach. Office of the Chancellor. – 1989
This publication is a workbook for those attending a "Helping Adults Learn" Workshop designed to assist higher education faculty and staff in promoting greater access and success for adult learners in higher education. An overview of the workshop describes the purpose, goals (to increase understanding of theory and research on adult…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Development, Adult Education
Jacobsen, Yola – 2002
This document uses clear language and pictures to help adults with learning disabilities learn how other adults with learning difficulties have made the jump from courses and training into jobs and kept working. The following are among the topics discussed in Sections 1 through 9: (1) the objectives and activities of the Making the Jump project…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Scales, Alice M.; Biggs, Shirley A. – 1983
This book addresses a wide range of reading needs by providing exercises that focus on comprehension and word strategies. It also provides an instructional process for meeting those needs. The instructional process is individualized, and is designed to: (1) assess initial reading competence; (2) direct learners to the chapters specifically related…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Critical Reading, Higher Education
Johnson, Beth – 1996
Designed for low-level adult learners, this book contains true stories of 20 men and women who have faced and overcome serious challenges in their lives. The book is intended to inspire and motivate developmental students in basic reading and writing classes. The book can be adapted to different instructional approaches--some teachers may wish to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Writing
Crowther, Jim, Ed.; Martin, Ian, Ed.; Shaw, Mae, Ed. – 2003
This document is intended to promote understanding of democracy in Scotland as a social and cultural process that is sustained through learning as well as through political institutions and procedures. It consists of 47 short, easy-to-read papers that can be used in existing programs (for example, modern studies and social studies) or as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Athletics
