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Characteristics of Adults Basic to Education
Review of Educational Research, 1950THIS chapter summarizing the characteristics of adults which are basic to education is based primarily on references that have appeared since 1944. It must necessarily eliminate the major contributions that formed the basis of the knowledge of adult psychology.
Irving Lorge, Rose Kushner
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The Costs of Adult Basic Education in Scotland
Education Economics, 1993During 1990 the Scottish Office Education Department (SOED, 1990a) indicated that adult basic education (ABE), as an area of community education, was “currently receiving a high priority rating by Ministers”. The year had been designated International Literacy Year and an inspection by HM Inspectors was scheduled for 1991-92. To coincide with these two
Valerie Wilson, Louise McCullagh
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Adult basic education in Australia: in need of a new song sheet?
2019Adult Basic Education (ABE) emerged in Australia as an organic, practitioner-driven field motivated by social justice concerns; however, neoliberal ethos has now overtaken the driver’s seat of the field. The changes in ABE from a practitioner led provision to what remains now is a story covering over four decades.
Keiko Yasukawa, Pamela Osmond
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Assessment in Adult Basic Education Programs
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1997AbstractThe needs of various stakeholders are considered in this discussion of the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of a number of individual‐ and program‐ level assessment strategies in adult basic education.
Eunice N. Askov +2 more
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Professional Development in Adult Basic Education
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2003AbstractA regional director of a staff development consortium provides his perspective on current adult basic education practice.
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Characteristics of Groups Basic to Adult Education
Review of Educational Research, 1950AN ANALYSIS of group and community characteristics has importance to adult education because of (a) the need to educate and train people in more effective participation in group and community problem solving and productive endeavor and (b) the need to make use of group and community forces on the individual to increase rather than inhibit desirable ...
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Responsive teaching in adult basic education
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1980AbstractSuccessful adult basic education teachers encourage participants to continue with their education as well as help them gain content mastery.
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Poverty reduction and adult education: beyond basic education
International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2005One of the Millennium Development Goals declared by the United Nations in 2000 was to reduce by half the population of people living in extreme poverty, by 2015. Adult education can and should contribute significantly to this development goal. Nevertheless it has hardly been explored so far in the national Poverty Reduction Strategies Papers. In as far
Ruud van der Veen, Julia Preece
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Coaching and Mentoring in Adult Basic Education
2014Adult basic education teachers come to the profession with little formal training in working with adult learners, and many have no paid preparation time, limited instructional resources and access to professional development, and little contact with other ABE teachers.
Sharon Reynolds +2 more
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Adult Basic Education Provision and Human Capital Development Perceptions of Adult Educators
2023This chapter raises an argument as to whether provision of adult basic education in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa can lead to bigger issues in the form of developing human capital which, in turn, will lead to inclusion of those once marginalised and excluded in the economic activities of South Africa.
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