Describes a pilot project at the Arkansas Enterprises for the Blind Rehabilitation Center to provide inservice training to adult basic education instructors. Results of the project indicated that participants felt significantly more comfortable in working with blind persons and were more knowledgeable regarding resources available to the blind.…

While research on the human brain indicates that some learning difficulties may be related to differential development of parts of the brain, there are unanswered questions and design weaknesses in the research. Adult educators should concentrate on identifying students' preferred learning modes and helping them use all of their faculties. (JOW)

An established set of criteria for developing adult basic education programs for black adults in urban areas is needed. A reported Delphi study resulted in twelve recommended criteria which are described. (MS)

Basically a report on an inservice training program designed to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the adult basic education program in Chicago, the report also details the problem of over-lapping jurisdiction of social agencies and the results of inservice meetings. Following the article is a nine-page explanation of a revised inservice…

Presents an adult literacy education program that would make maximum use of the resources of Indian universities. (PG)

Colleges and universities are discovering a boom in part-time, nontraditional, off-campus adult education. (PG)

Describes the University of Maryland Institute on Instructional Television and Basic Adult Education. (LS)

A Catholic parochial school building is used in an adult education pilot project when Civil Right Law allows its usual pupils to attend public schools. (DB)

A trend was found for teachers who had taken an adult basic education course or had participated in ABE training institutes to have a higher rate of retention of students. (PT)

There are problems in adult basic education--little specially produced professional material available to it; little time spent on preplanning stages; severe budgetary limitations; and an elementary school syndrome. (EB)

A "Second Chance program co-sponsored by Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. and Allegheny County Community College in Pennsylvania to provide workers with the opportunity to attain a high school equivalency certificate, was felt to be very successful in providing adult basic education to people who have previously shunned standard academic…

Relates experiences teaching creative writing to prison inmates. Suggests that writing not only provides a much needed release from prison tension, but it also acts as a defense against inmates' experience of depersonalization. (MM)

Discusses the importance of having a good instructional setting and selecting appropriate materials for adult students. Includes annotated bibliographies for teachers and students. (JOW)