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Download full textFurther Education Unit, London (England). – 1995
This bulletin, which is intended for senior managers in Great Britain's health, education, and social service sectors who are involved in planning or providing learning programs for adults with severe learning disabilities, identifies key issues in the strategic planning of programs using the packet of materials titled "A New Life." This…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Coordination
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1999
This document summarizes program operations in adult education and literacy in 14 U.S. states and territories: Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Vermont, and the Virgin Islands. Special attention is paid to efforts in six…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, Richmond. – 2000
The Virginia 1999-2000 Learning Disabilities Training and Dissemination (LDTD) project was undertaken to improve educational services to adults with learning disabilities. During the project, learners and tutors from six community-based literacy programs across Virginia volunteered to share their experiences as they participated in pilot testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1993
This publication, which is based on the experiences gained in a workplace literacy program for learning-disabled workers at a paper factory in Massachusetts, is designed as a beginners' guide to identifying and addressing issues of learning disabilities in the adult education classroom. Section 1 defines the term "learning disability,"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Reading Programs, Classroom Techniques
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1983
This catalog, the sixth in a series of annual listings of special adult education projects, is designed to keep practitioners in the field of adult education informed about projects funded by states under section 310 of the Adult Education Act. Included in the catalog are descriptions of a total of 243 projects focusing on the following program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Correctional Education
Aldridge, Fiona – 1999
The Adult and Community Development Project (Project 99) was established to distribute one-time development grants to all local education authorities (LEAs) in England and some voluntary and community organizations for implementation of short-term activities in the adult and community education field. Organizations receiving grants were requested…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
