Identification of Issues in Adult Basic Education. Technical Report No. 1.

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Main Authors: Russ-Eft, Darlene F., And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
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Published: 1979
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And Others
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And Others
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And Others
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contents Identification of Issues in Adult Basic Education. Technical Report No. 1. Russ-Eft, Darlene F. And Others Adult Basic Education Adult Students Annotated Bibliographies Educational Media Educational Needs Educational Philosophy Financial Support Futures (of Society) Information Sources Lifelong Learning Literacy Education Needs Assessment Older Adults Participant Characteristics Participation Program Content Program Development School Holding Power Student Characteristics Student Evaluation Student Recruitment Teacher Education Vocational Education This report summarizes the major literature dealing with the following major issues in adult basic education (ABE): target and demand populations (size, characteristics, and subgroups of the ABE population and the decline in participation); services provided (the purpose of the Adult Education Act, objectives and goals of ABE, problems of recruitment and retention, ABE instruction, counseling services, diagnosis of abilities, methods of credentialing); organization for delivery of services (staff characteristics; use of aides, paraprofessionals, and volunteers; staff training; program location and facilities; coordination of services; evaluation, monitoring, and reporting; and program innovation and improvement); and finance of ABE (lack of commitment; use of limited resources; alternative methods of support; and Federal, state, local, and participant roles). Also provided is a 360-item annotated bibliography of works dealing with the following topics: administration/staffing, ABE, adult competency/adult performance level, aging, information sources, characteristics and disabilities of adult learners, dissemination, evaluation, finance, future issues, government role, history, innovation, instruction and curriculum, international concerns, library programs, lifelong learning, media, philosophy, program planning, literacy, recruitment/retention, research, teacher training, and vocational/occupational training. (MN)
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spellingShingle Identification of Issues in Adult Basic Education. Technical Report No. 1.
Russ-Eft, Darlene F.
And Others
Adult Basic Education
Adult Students
Annotated Bibliographies
Educational Media
Educational Needs
Educational Philosophy
Financial Support
Futures (of Society)
Information Sources
Lifelong Learning
Literacy Education
Needs Assessment
Older Adults
Participant Characteristics
Participation
Program Content
Program Development
School Holding Power
Student Characteristics
Student Evaluation
Student Recruitment
Teacher Education
Vocational Education
Identification of Issues in Adult Basic Education. Technical Report No. 1. Russ-Eft, Darlene F. And Others Adult Basic Education Adult Students Annotated Bibliographies Educational Media Educational Needs Educational Philosophy Financial Support Futures (of Society) Information Sources Lifelong Learning Literacy Education Needs Assessment Older Adults Participant Characteristics Participation Program Content Program Development School Holding Power Student Characteristics Student Evaluation Student Recruitment Teacher Education Vocational Education This report summarizes the major literature dealing with the following major issues in adult basic education (ABE): target and demand populations (size, characteristics, and subgroups of the ABE population and the decline in participation); services provided (the purpose of the Adult Education Act, objectives and goals of ABE, problems of recruitment and retention, ABE instruction, counseling services, diagnosis of abilities, methods of credentialing); organization for delivery of services (staff characteristics; use of aides, paraprofessionals, and volunteers; staff training; program location and facilities; coordination of services; evaluation, monitoring, and reporting; and program innovation and improvement); and finance of ABE (lack of commitment; use of limited resources; alternative methods of support; and Federal, state, local, and participant roles). Also provided is a 360-item annotated bibliography of works dealing with the following topics: administration/staffing, ABE, adult competency/adult performance level, aging, information sources, characteristics and disabilities of adult learners, dissemination, evaluation, finance, future issues, government role, history, innovation, instruction and curriculum, international concerns, library programs, lifelong learning, media, philosophy, program planning, literacy, recruitment/retention, research, teacher training, and vocational/occupational training. (MN)
title Identification of Issues in Adult Basic Education. Technical Report No. 1.
topic Adult Basic Education
Adult Students
Annotated Bibliographies
Educational Media
Educational Needs
Educational Philosophy
Financial Support
Futures (of Society)
Information Sources
Lifelong Learning
Literacy Education
Needs Assessment
Older Adults
Participant Characteristics
Participation
Program Content
Program Development
School Holding Power
Student Characteristics
Student Evaluation
Student Recruitment
Teacher Education
Vocational Education
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