Based on the Appalachian Adult Education Center's experience in a comprehensive demonstration and study of the utilization of an adult educational television series (a high school equivalency examination preparation series in Kentucky), the author outlines formal support systems needed for successful state adult education programs on open…

TRADITIONALLY ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION WAS SYNAGOGUE OR INSTITUTION SPONSORED AND ORIENTED. SINCE THE WORLD WAR II, A NUMBER OF NATIONAL JEWISH MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS HAVE EMERGED AS MAJOR SPONSORS OF ADULT JEWISH EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THIS SPONSORSHIP REPRESENTS A NEW DIMENSION IN JEWISH EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY AND PRACTICE. THIS STUDY EVALUATED THE…

The Kikuyu seminar, third in a series of international meeting on the use of comparative studies as a tool of adult education, focused on the application of the comparative approach to developing countries, particularly Africa. Essential components of the structure of adult education were divided into main sectors, which are individually discussed…

Presents self-assessment questions in fifteen subcategories: conducting training programs, conducting on-the-job training, training managers and supervisors how to train, applying criteria for selecting program participants, establishing and maintaining resources, using techniques (behavior modeling, role playing, simulation, laboratory training,…

DATA FOR THIS STUDY OF PROGRAM PLANNING AND SELECTION OF EDUCATIONAL METHODS, GOALS, AND TOPICS IN TEN LEADING NEGRO BAPTIST CHURCHES IN SOUTH CAROLINA WERE OBTAINED BY DIRECT OBSERVATION AND QUESTIONNAIRES FILLED OUT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF ADULT EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT (1) THERE IS NO STANDARD ADULT LEADERSHIP TRAINING…