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Fleisher, Barbara M.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1990
The paper describes a successful effort at collaboration among a college reading program, a neighborhood self-help agency, and a public school. The three-way partnership was formed to improve the literacy levels of 12 behaviorally disturbed children in the fifth and sixth grades. The project involves whole language reading instruction and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Behavior Disorders, College Programs, College School Cooperation
ASPBAE Courier, 1983
This journal consists of eight articles dealing with self-help and community education. Included in the volume are the following articles: "An Uphill Struggle--Self-Help in Bangladesh," by S. Harrison and Judy Saul; "How Not to Help a Local Community: A Case from South India," by Nora Sammut and Maria Theresa; "The High…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Education, Community Services
Grudens-Schuck, Nancy; Hargrove, Tasha M. – 2000
Participatory adult education programs assist individuals to substitute interdependent, mutually beneficial relationships for unrewarding, dependent relationships. Indicators of changes in dependency, however, are absent or imprecise in evaluations of participatory projects. A study explored facets of dependency by relating practitioners'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Classroom Environment, Community Development, Community Education
Bakke-Seeck, Sigvor; And Others – 1997
Because a growing proportion of the world's working population is in the informal sector (in work areas generally outside the sphere of state protection), planners of vocational training for adults must pay closer attention to those concepts of teaching and learning that have relevance for the informal sector, and they must develop strategies for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills
Hargrave, O. T., Ed. – 1989
Papers from the conference proceedings of the National Academic Advising Association are as follows: "Advising, Writing Centers, and Academic Services: Applications and Extensions of Student Developmental Theories" (M. Brooks and C. Murphy); "Development of an Expert System for Student Advisement" (J. Sullivan et al.); "Evaluating Advising: The…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Athletics, Career Counseling, College Freshmen
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1981
This curriculum guide, which is a product of an Arkansas project to develop employability services for displaced homemakers and others, is organized in a module format. The first section of the guide contains suggestions for teachers in organizing classes. An introduction to using the module format is given in that section with a topic outline of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education
Selman, Gordon R. – 1976
During the 1930s in Canada, the senior levels of government and local agencies initiated educational programs to help people cope with the distress and demoralization resulting from the depression. Programs originated in eleven major areas: technical-vocational education, night schools, relief camps, educational relief measures outside camps, self…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Community Organizations, Community Programs
Kearns, Peter – 2002
A study examined key dimensions of the pattern of learning and enterprise culture change relating to provision of training and learning services for small businesses in Australia. Barriers to training were both demand- and supply-side factors. Research showed the significance of informal learning that occurs in workplaces of small firms but was…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Benchmarking
Anderson, Glenn B., Ed.; Watson, Douglas, Ed. – 1987
This document contains 24 papers. Keynote addresses were given on the topics of autonomy for deaf adolescents and parent-adolescent dialogue. A section titled "Demographic Profiles of Deaf Adolescents in America" compares students in special schools with mainstreamed students. A section on "Family Intervention and Parent…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Curriculum
Kelly, Fred J.; Ratcliffe, Ella B. – Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1938
The depression of the past few years led colleges and universities to seek new ways in which to assist their financially needy students. In January 1937 the Office of Education requested all colleges and universities to send it descriptions of the projects they had devised. The responses to this request indicated a very cooperative spirit on the…
Descriptors: Educational History, Economic Climate, Higher Education, Student Financial Aid
Reed, Horace B., Ed.; Loughran, Elizabeth Lee, Ed. – 1984
This compedium volume summarizes a study on the characteristics and underlying assumptions of education beyond schools. The three chapters in Part I present a method for analyzing and comparing 10 distinct approaches to out-of-school education and demonstrate the important kinds of generalizations this method can generate. Chapter 1 is an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Robertshaw, Michael – 2000
For most distance education (DE) systems, distance, time, and/or opportunity isolate learners from their teacher and their fellow students. To facilitate interaction, most DE systems include different types of support groups. Modern technology allows groups to interact effectively even though individuals are far apart. Technology may appear to be…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness
Boeren, Ad, Ed.; Kater, Adri, Ed. – 1990
This book documents the experiences that were gathered in project DELSILIFE, Development of a Coordinated Educational Intervention System for Improving the Quality of Life of the Rural Poor through Self-Reliance. The project was carried out by the Regional Center for Educational Innovation and Technology (INNOTECH) for the South-East Asian…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Community Action, Community Education
Kotler, Martin; And Others – 1986
Self-help among low-income people is vitally important. In no area is self-help more important than in overcoming poverty's burdens and energizing the escape from poverty. This document comprises an inventory of self-help and mutual-help programs that feature active involvement of members of the low-income population. The programs in this…
Descriptors: Adoption, Adult Programs, Business, Children
Corrigan, Mary – 1994
This document is a learning module designed to provide adult literacy practitioners in New York and elsewhere with the materials needed to take an empowering approach to helping adult literacy learners deal with the realities of alcohol and other drug issues affecting them and their families. The module includes background material, information on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students