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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1967
THE PLAN INCLUDES SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR PROGRAM PROPOSALS TO QUALIFY CALIFORNIA FOR TITLE II FUNDS AND SERVE AS A POLICY GUIDE FOR STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAMS. IT PROVIDES FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN CIVIC, VOCATIONAL, LITERACY, HEALTH, HOMEMAKING, TECHNICAL, AND GENERAL EDUCATION FOR ADULTS. SHORT TERM OBJECTIVES…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Expenditures
Walker, Sharon M.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted among adults enrolled in adult basic education (ABE) General Educational Development (GED) courses to determine their perceptions of the impact of the ABE/GED programs on their employment/economic position, skill and knowledge acquisition, community involvement, attitudinal changes, personal relationships, and continuing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1975
This booklet along with six others comprises a curriculum guide developed for adult education supervisors and teachers of undereducated workers or job seekers whose inability to develop the skills and obtain the knowledge necessary to meet the requirements of the working world are primarily due to a lack of competence in reading and math skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Education, City Government, Curriculum Design
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1975
This booklet along with six others comprises a curriculum guide developed for adult education supervisors and teachers of undereducated workers or job seekers whose inability to develop the skills and obtain the knowledge necessary to meet the requirements of the working world are primarily due to a lack of competence in reading and math skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Education, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Guides
PDF pending restorationLouisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Adult and Community Education. – 1975
This booklet along with six others comprises a curriculum guide developed for adult education supervisors and teachers of undereducated workers or job seekers whose inability to develop the skills and obtain the knowledge necessary to meet the requirements of the working world are primarily due to a lack of competence in reading and math skills.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Education, Construction (Process), Curriculum Design
Whyte, Jean – 1978
To determine the progress that adult students in Belfast, Ireland, were making under a literacy tutoring program, questionnaires were sent to all 160 tutors who were involved in the program. The questions dealt with the tutors' backgrounds, their deployment, their views on the organization of the program, and with tutoring processes and results.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Foreign Countries
Couvert, Roger – 1979
Intended as a source of information on matters related to the evaluation of literacy projects, this guide is designed to help evaluators keep a proper perspective on their work by proposing a wide range of options and suggesting directions for evaluations. The first two chapters of the guide deal with the general principles of evaluation and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Functional Literacy
Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education, Madison. – 1978
This booklet was developed to provide a brief review of adult characteristics and teaching methods for the new teacher of adults. The first of eleven sections highlights adult education and how to use the booklet to improve instruction. Section 2 lists general and physical characteristics of adults and their implications on teaching. The third…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1976
Prepared as part of a comprehensive study of reading in Virginia, this report contains the findings of 18 research studies. After a discussion of the findings, several recommendations are presented. Among these recommendations are: students in English as a second language programs should be placed with peer groups rather than according to English…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Needs Assessment
Sussman, Evelyn K. – 1969
Since the 1960's, there has been a sizeable migration of Puerto Rican and other Spanish-speaking people to New York City. Many Chinese also migrated there when the Chinese quota was increased from about 100 to over 20,000 persons for 1968-69. In order to plan for effective occupationally related English teaching for these two groups, their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1968
Recommendations and supporting information for the Federal Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program through the fiscal year 1972 include increasing appropriations and enrollment each year from 1970-72 to focus on civic participation, jobs, home, and family life; study to develop a 10-year national plan to coordinate all Federal ABE programs;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Innovation, Expenditures
Lamatino, Robyn – 1977
This workbook for vocational high school students with reading difficulties contains instructional materials on twenty different vocational areas. The introductory note indicates that it was written with as low a readibility level as was practical to enable the students to read as much as possible without interruption. The content is in twenty…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Career Awareness, Content Area Reading, Instructional Materials
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
Ryan, John W., Ed. – Literacy Discussion, 1974
The topic of this review concerning international literacy is the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and his theories and methods for teaching illiterates to read by teaching them fewer than 20 three syllable words, reflective of their social condition, such as "Shanty-town" and "wages" ("favela" and "salario"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading, Cultural Awareness
American Bar Association, Washington, DC. Clearinghouse for Offender Literacy Programs. – 1973
An alternative to the meager budgets which complicate the correctional educator's task is proposed in this bulletin. A correctional school district organization can be developed to support viable education programs for individuals within the penal system. The six states of Texas, Connecticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Arkansas, and Ohio already have…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Correctional Education
