ERIC Number: ED434200
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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Arts & Humanities in Adult Education.
Word's Worth: A Quarterly Newsletter of the Lifelong Learning Network, Sum 1998
This issue of a quarterly newsletter on lifelong learning focuses on the theme of the arts and humanities in adult literacy education. The following articles are included: (1) "In Defense of a Practical Education" (Earl Shorris); (2) "From the Program Director" (Elizabeth Bryant McCrary); (3) "Vermont Council on the Humanities: Book Discussion Groups for Adult Basic Education Students" (Nedene Martin); (4) "Organizing Book Discussion Groups" (Nedene Martin); (5) "A Sound Idea: Music in Charis Dike's ESL (English as a Second Language) Classroom" (Barbara Christopher); (6) "Learning through the Arts" (Sheilia Wright); (7) "Hooked on Learning: The Internet Poetry Project" (Linda W. Parrish); (8) "Courtroom Drama and the Literacy Classroom" (Joanne Dowdy); and (9) "Wildflower" (Earl Shorris). A poem, information on the Lifelong Learning Network, and news about upcoming conferences are included. (KC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Art Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Humanities Instruction, Integrated Curriculum, Lifelong Learning, Literacy Education, Nontraditional Students, Poetry, Teaching Methods
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
Sponsor: Georgia State Dept. of Technical and Adult Education, Atlanta.
Authoring Institution: Georgia Inst. of Tech., Atlanta.
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