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Peer reviewedNiemi, John A. – English Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Course Content, Course Objectives, Cultural Background
Schiavone, James – Continuing Education, 1973
A vocationally-related adult basic education curriculum would include diagnostic testing, identifying academic skills, group planning, availability of instructional materials, parallel teaching of office procedures, and team teaching. (DS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Labor Force Development
Hampton, Leonard A. – Continuing Education, 1972
Several institutions of higher learning combined their efforts and resources to develop a Neighborhood Program that would reach the disadvantaged people in the Savannah Model Cities. Discusses program design, problems, and results of taking the program to the people under conditions and situations to which they could easily identify or relate. (RB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Centers, Continuing Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Yong, Chan Ching – ASPBAE Journal, 1971
A rapid survey of agencies, programs, personnel, and methods involved. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education, Continuation Education
Sepede, John H. – Adult Leadership, 1972
Attempts to define and meet the needs of adults being served by Adult Basic Education programs. (Author/LF)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adults
Larry, R. Heath – Manpower, 1971
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities
Waldron, Mark W. – Adult Leadership, 1972
An account of the recent televised mass adult education project, Project Multi-Media," in Quebec, Canada. Experience in one area of Quebec indicates that it works. Whether the program will work on a province-wide scale is yet to be seen. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Innovation
Acitelli, Anna – Adult Leadership, 1971
Describes Project Step-Up, a demonstration program in job-related, adult basic education, its impact on the problems of the employed poor, and presents some idea of its future impact. (AN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Educational Strategies
Sherron, Ronald H. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1971
A report on a Developmental and Demonstration Project in the Use of Modern Educational Technology for the Instruction of Under-educated Adults." (Editor)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, Educational Research
Nadler, Leonard – Training in Bus and Ind, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedBurnett, Richard W.; Schnell, Thomas R. – Reading Horizons, 1983
Notes that the job market for those who can teach reading to older adolescents and adults in nonschool settings is changing and possibly expanding, while the demand for teachers who can teach only in traditional school settings is declining. Discusses the pros and cons of this situation. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Opportunities, Labor Market
Peer reviewedHarris, Ian; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1983
Unaffiliated with the city schools, Milwaukee's community-based Journey House program helps dropouts prepare for General Educational Development (G.E.D.) tests. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Centers, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Long, Huey B.; Phillips, William K. – Adult Education, 1982
Considers the following areas of legislation: (1) the Portuguese educational system, (2) administrative structures, (3) adult basic education, (4) popular libraries, (5) associations of popular education, and (6) the National Plan for Literacy and Basic Education for Adults. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Administration
Milligan, Barbara – Australian Journal of Reading, 1982
Describes several approaches used in trying to teach an adult to learn to read over a period of several years, including the approach that was successful (language experience) because the student was highly motivated to write. (JM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Language Experience Approach, Learning Motivation
Smith, Edwin H.; And Others – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1979
In the past, the teacher in Adult Basic Education programs acquired preparation in-service, through a self-selected academic curriculum, or on-the-job. Today, with literacy education emphasized, ABE specialist training should result from the same in-depth planning that has gone into developing programs for other fields, such as counseling,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Postsecondary Education, Professional Education
