This supplement/newsletter contains booktalks, news, and other information of interest to librarians and adult readers. This issue includes reviews of fiction and nonfiction books for adults; an article, "How I Turned into a Booktalker--Overnight!" by Kaite Mediatore; and a new feature, "Talking with the Talkers," which focuses…

The research reported in this paper attempted to identify predictors of senior center participation and to ascertain why there has been a decline in the number of individuals participating at senior centers in recent years. The research reports the results of a survey conducted among senior center participants in an 11-county area in the Nortex…

This paper deals with specific characteristics of elders,1 bearing in mind both their cognitive and their non-cognitive aspects. Regarding their way of learning, the paper refers to basic principles for this group of people: active learning, situational analysis, their experience, awareness that they have--and need--specific time and rhythm for…

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…

This report contains two main sections and three appendixes (reports of the working groups and summaries of workshop reports in Zaire and in Sierra Leone). Section one reviews the rationale, design, and intended use of the training monograph series, "Literacy in Development," which focuses on the needs of the middle-level literacy workers and…

The Action Coalition to Create Opportunities for Retirement with Dignity (ACCORD) suggests an approach through which adult educators might make a significant contribution toward senior citizens' own education and toward community education by helping individuals to understand and act on their own life situations and a community's social concern.…

Describes the adult education program of the Department of Education of New South Wales, Australia. Evening college offerings include academic courses, liberal courses (arts, crafts, hobbies, cultural activities), special courses for disadvantaged people, and literacy courses. (Author/DN)

CANADIAN RESIDENTIAL ADULT EDUCATION CENTERS ARE LISTED BY PROVINCE, WITH INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE CENTER NAME, ADDRESS, CONTACT OFFICE, SPONSORING ORGANIZATION, NUMBER ACCOMMODATED, USER DAYS IN 1965, TYPES OF PROGRAMS OFFERED, AND GENERAL COMMENTS. PROGRAMS TAILORED TO NEEDS CHARACTERIZE CANADIAN CENTERS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT AS PROVINCIAL…

The six descriptive position papers were prepared after selection for the Multi-National Workshop on Basic and Functional Education for Adults. Those selected are significant innovative programs of adult education in other countries that may have direct applicability to improving program practices in various parts of the world. The six programs…

The catalog contains descriptions of approved courses in the Los Angeles City Schools, course numbers, and amounts of high school credit that may be earned. These courses are classified into nine areas: academic, business, civic and public services, elementary and citizenship, fine arts and crafts, health, homemaking, industrial (subdivided into…

The 1972 report of the Sarawak Council for Further Education and the minutes of its 31 March 1973 meetings are provided. Information regarding committee memberships, staff, education centers, yearly examinations, and finances is provided. (KM)

A representative spectrum of voluntary organizations in the field of adult education is contained in this directory. Criteria for an organization's listing were (1) attendance at the adult education Galaxy Conference in 1969, (2) membership in the Coalition of Adult Education Organizations, (3) the existence of adult and continuing education as a…

This is a report of activities on an adult education television program, conducted by San Diego Community Colleges, in cooperation with TV Channel KFMB in San Diego, California, during the school year, October, 1970 through June, 1971. The report begins with a history of the program, begun in 1951, and which has presented 174 courses since then.…

THIS SEMINAR WAS CONCERNED WITH TECHNIQUES OF BASIC ADULT EDUCATION, BROAD POLICY, AND LEGISLATION. TOPICS OF ADDRESSES INCLUDED CANADIAN FACTS AND FIGURES, FRONTIER COLLEGE, ELLIOT LAKE CENTRE, LEASIDE EDUCATION ASSISTANCE PROJECT, INDIAN AFFAIRS, ADULT EDUCATION IN CALGARY, METROPOLITAN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION ASSOCIATION, TECHNICAL AND…