Participants in the Social Service Technology Program for disadvantaged adults are salaried case aide trainees while they earn a 2-year college degree. (MS)

N.Y.U.'s Sunrise Semester" is an award winning educational T.V. series. (MF)

The adult education movement in the Philippines consists of separate but interrelated programs of functional literacy promotion and continuing education which is focused on socio-economic and citizenship training. (Author/JB)

Standard readers in their concept violate Navajo taboos and thus create conflicts for the adult student. By changing the practice of using irrelevant materials, adult education could act as a dramatic change agent by convincing the Indian to view education and school as something important and challenging to him. (Author/MS)

A variety of detailed cases that describe an adult education situation, the dynamics of its operation, and evidence of results, is needed. Proposes that we arrange for the preparation of detailed case descriptions on aspects of the development and administration of adult education programs. Includes a Discussion Case and an analysis of it.…

Provides the background information needed for the development of national policy related to education" for the aging. (Editor/AN)

Comments on A. Harvey's Belitsky's book entitled Private Vocational Schools and Their Students." (EB)

Discusses the results of a 1981 Current Population Survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Concentrates on the adult education portion of the survey that reported on nonretired adults who participated in at least one organized adult education course or activity. Includes data on providers, participants, costs, reasons, content, and…

Discusses the need for, philosophy, and strategies of instructional gerontology and its application to the education of older adults. (SK)

Author and book title recognition tests have been used extensively in reading-related research with both children and adults. The present paper reports the development of a book title and author recognition test and data from a UK sample of adults. Higher scores were obtained on the Author test than on the Title test. It is suggested that the…

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.…

Beyond 3Rs to learning within political action to functional literacy to life skills, the discourse on adult literacy has primarily been defined by civil society organizations. This article presents thoughts on adult literacy programs coming from educators and advocates and the underlying dilemmas of autonomy and collaboration with government for…

A library instruction program for developmentally disabled adults was developed at Colorado State University, and taught in combination with a course in reading skills during the spring semester of 1979 at the University's College for the Living. The outline for the course describes its objectives for providing developmentally disabled adults with…