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Download full textGruetter, Sandra – 1975
The report describes the accomplishment of the objectives of a project, the overall purpose of which was to disseminate a video-taped adult basic education teachers training program (Basic Education: Teaching the Adult) to interested institutions of higher education in 10 educational regions. The 10 objectives dealt with conducting regional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Educational Television, Program Descriptions
Holt, Dean A. – 1975
The document presents an evaluation of a faculty inservice training project of the Maryland Community Services/Continuing Education (CS/CE) Project, which was designed with the purpose of acquainting adult teachers in community colleges with the principles of andragogy, by way of a series of workshops. Part 1, Background, discusses the formation…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Andragogy, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedWertheimer, Barbara; Nelson, Anne – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1977
Examines the special barriers that confront working women when they decide to return to school. Describes an innovative program at Cornell's School of Industrial Relations focusing on supports for leadership training that can be provided in order to increase the participation of women in union, community and political life. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational History, Educational Research
Brooks, Elva M. – 1975
A project in adult basic education was established in the Model Neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware. A delivery system of services using paraprofessionals was created to give eligible adults individualized instruction in their home or a nearby center. The results showed that most of the project enrollment and performance objectives were met. Data…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Bailey, C. J., Comp.; And Others – 1972
The workshop concentrated on the training of teacher-trainer teams in the areas of individualized reading and mathematics and the characteristics of disadvantaged adult learners. Each participant had an individual learning prescription for the three weeks based on his formal preparation, work experience, job responsibilities, own feelings of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adults, Individual Characteristics
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Basic Continuing Education. – 1973
A project was designed to demonstrate that the inservice education of adult basic education teachers could be individualized. To accomplish this objective, the project (1) developed a self-instructional training course for teachers of English as a Second Language to adults, (2) used these course materials as the basis for training (on an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, English (Second Language), Individualized Instruction
Burns, Barbara; And Others – 1979
The solar energy labor force is analyzed by identifying the importance of education and training in the commercialization and diffusion of solar technologies, discussing issues for planning and analysis of solar education and training efforts, and illustrating the range of programs and courses presently available. Four general perspectives are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Employment Qualifications, Energy
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Education. – 1974
The third-year report of the regional staff development system of the Adult Competency Training Project (Project ACT) examines and evaluates the events, activities, and accomplishments of Individualized Training Programs (ITP), regional policy board meetings, staff and participant travel, and planning during FY 1974. Present and anticipated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annual Reports, Competency Based Teacher Education
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Education. – 1973
The report describes the project's design, initial efforts, and revised objectives toward the development of a regional adult staff development system. Three elements were perceived to be essential to such a system: a regional consortium organization to effectively implement competency-based adult staff development programs, State-by-State and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Community Involvement, Competency Based Teacher Education
Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins. Dept. of Education. – 1974
The second-year report describes Project ACT (Adult Competency Training) efforts from July 1, 1973 to June 30, 1974 to develop a regional staff development system. Three elements were perceived to be essential: a regional consortium organization to effectively implement ACT programs, State-by-State and region-wide; a multi-dimensional trainer…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annual Reports, Community Involvement
Drake, James Bob; Morgan, Alice S. – 1974
The purpose of the project was to perfect a career decision-making model that could be used by an adult basic education teacher to help the disadvantaged adult upgrade himself educationally and make a realistic career decision based upon his and his family's personal value system; his goal decided upon, the model could be used to help him…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Programs
Kasworm, Carol E., Ed.; Lyle, Buddy L., Ed. – 1978
Selected contributions from a workshop on competency-based adult education (CBAE) are presented in this monograph. The articles define the current trends in the theory and practice of CBAE. The monograph consists of five major sections. Section 1, the overview, offers a historical frame of reference, examination of terminology and definitions, a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
