This study set out to explore the use of the Internet in peer-to-peer learning environments within vocational education and training and to investigate whether this approach could replace traditional teaching and learning. A mixed methods design, including classroom observations, design experiments, interviews and questionnaires was adopted.…

This research explores the difficulties faced by many migrant, refugee, and immigrant adults confronted with technological ubiquity in economically developed countries. Preparing migrant adult learners for the digital world by building digital literacy skills can help to maintain home language proficiency, support English language learning, and…

The central purpose of this book is to review the present state of the art in adult basic education teacher training. Each of the chapters of the book was developed specifically for the Workshop to Increase and to Improve University Teacher Training Programs in Adult Basic Education, which was held at The University of Chicago in March 1969. The…

A study was conducted to identify the competencies needed by training professionals as perceived by those currently employed as professionals in training. Its purpose was to provide data useful in curriculum development. The sample consisted of the membership of two local chapters of the American Society for Training and Development in central…

A study examined the situation-specific program development strategies used in 47 different settings in the southwestern United States from January 1987 to January 1988. Specialized and elite interviews were administered to program developers to identify the approaches that are being used and to determine how they relate to the approaches…

The purpose of this study was to research needs analysis, one of the basic components of planning an educational offering for practitioners in nursing. Also demonstrated was an application of the knowledge relative to needs analysis within nursing continuing education. Needs analysis refers to a systematic assessment of what the potential…

The author discusses six possible future events that will affect society. He presents five imperatives for adult educators: (1) regain a sense of mission, (2) broaden curriculum and programs, (3) help the helpers, (4) conduct research, and (5) be a learner. (CH)

This document contains part of the final report from the first meeting of the Inter-American Council on Education, Science, and Culture, held in Vina del Mar, Chile, in 1970. The report presents general policy and guidelines which should be followed in the establishment of adult elementary education programs. The general discussion covers literacy…

This research had a two-fold purpose: (1) to assess the need for a labor studies program at the community college level; and (2) to consider the advisability of including within such a curriculum a cross-section of adult/family/worker-oriented counseling and guidance courses. The study employed a questionnaire completed by union delegates, which…

Literacy is seen to be necessary for meaningful participation in society; goals and possibilities of an integrated policy of basic education are assessed; and guidelines given for basic education strategies include components of priority areas, content, financing, and teacher training. (AV)

Lists the titles of 175 research studies completed in 1972. (SB)

The Windham School District sought to determine the extent of career education within the adult corrections field and the adequacy of the program and designed a pilot model of a career education delivery system in a correctional setting. (The Windham School District provides a school program to serve the educational needs of persons incarcerated…

These two publications provide abstracts and other information on materials accessed by the National Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Clearinghouse, Australia. Materials include research reports/technical reports, evaluation studies, curriculum materials of an innovative nature (syllabus documents, student materials, textbooks, teachers'…

This annotated bibliography lists 105 entries of selected educational materials in Pakistan covering the period January-March 1973. The materials are organized into 27 categories as listed for related document ED 074 847. A special section is added on education policy. The materials are drawn from a variety of Pakistani journals, newspapers, and…