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Brice, Edward W.; Cortright, Richard – Literacy Discussion, 1973
Article gives a documented history and analysis of adult basic education in the United States, complete with statistical tables on the educationally disadvantaged population and eligibles and enrollments in federally supported adult education programs. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Hall, Budd L. – Prospects, 1974
This article examines the development and structure of the Tanzanian adult education program. National literacy, national health, worker's education, and the institute of adult education are discussed. (DE)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Comparative Education
Lahtinen, Marja-Liisa – Adult Education in Finland, 1978
The article describes stages in the development of the municipally owned "workers' institutes" to provide education for adults in Finland and the now more common "civic institutes" with public or private sponsorship. Included are administrative structure, financing, staff, students, facilities, teaching arrangements, subjects…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education Centers
Download full textWhite House Conference on Aging, Washington, DC. – 1971
These two volumes comprise the official proceedings of the second White House Conference on Aging, held November 28-December 2, 1971. Volume I includes an overview of the Conference plan--its background, concepts, organization, and programming. It presents the contributions made by speakers at the General Sessions and Conference Delegate…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Conference Reports
Anyanwu, C. N. – West African Journal of Education, 1976
Adult education programs are shown to be complementary to the proposed Universal Primary Education program in Nigeria by encouraging the development of personal abilities and social, moral, and intellectual responsibility in relation to local, national and world citizenship. Specific suggestions for general, vocational, and practical education are…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Guides
Carlson, Robert A. – 1976
The report, based on a six-month study as a participant-observer, discusses developments now under way in West Germany's Adult Education Centers movement. The article offers a comparative approach that takes account of trends in Europe and North America. It puts these developments into a philosophical framework, noting that Germany may provide a…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Hinzen, Heribert, Ed. – Adult Education and Development, 2002
This document contains 19 papers on adult education and development worldwide. The following papers are included: "Editorial" (Heribert Hinzen); "Lifelong Learning in Europe: Moving towards EFA (Dakar Framework for Action on Education for All) Goals and the CONFINTEA V Agenda" (Sofia Conference on Adult Education);…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
Hall, Budd L. – 1975
Emphasis placed on adult education in Tanzania stems directly from the decision to bring about development through an egalitarian rural transformation. The political decision to stress socialist development with priority to those living in rural areas preceded the creation of the adult education network and shaped its structures and organization.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Role
