Adult Education

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Title	Date	Abstract
Transformational learning in adulthood	1998	The digest describes research and theory building by Robert Boyd and its influence on current perspectives of transformative ...
Transformational learning and the journey of individuation	2000	The digest summaries and expands on Robert Boyd's notion of transformative learning, discussing the role of image, symbol, ri...
Teaching adults: is it different?	1989	The digest examines research that investigates differences in the styles used to teach adults and children. There are referen...
Teaching adults: is it different?	1995	The question of whether teaching adults is different remains ambiguous. Types of adult learning and what learners themselves...
Summary report: national forums on the adult education delivery system	1991	Following the call in AMERICA 2000 for a nation of students engaged in lifelong learning, the Office of Vocational and Adult ...
Strategies for retaining adult students: the educationally disadvantaged	1988	The digest looks at retention of students in programs for educationally disadvantaged adults. Included are causes of nonpart...
Situated learning in adult education	1998	This digest presents an overview of the concepts related to applying situated cognition in adult learning. References are i...
Self-directed learning	1994	While the concept of self-directed learning is a significant component of the current practice of adult education, there is c...
Roles for adult educators	1999	This alert reviews some of the trends and issues related to roles for adult educators. References are given.
Reflective practice in adult education	1992	The digest examines reflective practice in adult education. Reflective practice is a mode that integrates or links thought a...
Reach higher, America: overcoming crisis in the U.S. workforce	June, 2008	This is the report of the National Commission on Adult Literacy on the need for substantial increase in the adult education a...
Profiles of the adult education target population: information from the 2000 census	April, 2004	Document presents national, regional, and state profiles of the target population for adult education, those 16 years old and...
Problem-based learning and adult English language learners	April 2007	How problem-based learning aligns with research on second language acquisition is addressed in this Brief. "Guidelines for te...
Policies to promote adult education and postsecondary alignment	Sept 28, 2007	This is a policy brief developed for the August 20, 2007 meeting of the National Commission on Adult Literacy. "It focuses on...
Patterns of promise: state and local strategies for improving coordination in adult education programs	1992	The contractor investigated state and local programs efforts for delivering coordinated services in adult education. The rep...
Part-time instructors in adult and vocational education	1993	The digest looks at the increased use of part-time instructors in adult and vocational education. It examines the education ...
Partners for lifelong learning: public libraries and adult education	1991	This booklet consists of two commissioned papers written by library educators describing the role of public libraries in adul...
New views of adult learning	1999	This alert examines some of the recent trends in the literature of adult learning. Included are transformative learning, adu...
Net annual fiscal contributions of US adults aged 18-64 by educational attainment, 2009-2012	January, 2014	This paper analyzes the fiscal gains to the nation and to individuals of high school and college graduation for adults aged 1...
National Literacy Act	1991	This document summaries the National Literacy Act of 1991 and its relationship to the Adult Education Act.
Multiple intelligences and adult education	2000	This alert reviews the ways that multiple intelligence (MI) theory has been investigated in adult literacy education. Ext...
Mounting pressures facing the U.S. workforce and the increasing need for adult education and literacy	May 21, 2007	This is a report of one of the presentations made at the April 2007 meeting of the National Commission on Adult Literacy. The...
Minority participation in continuing education	1993	The trends of larger numbers of diverse groups in the U.S. work force, the need for continuing education and retraining, and ...
Low-income adults in profile: improving lives through higher education	February 2004	“This report describes the low-income adult student population, outlines the many challenges that they face, and explains the...
Local perspectives on WIA reauthorization	March 26, 2010	This policy brief reports on the February 18, 2010 CAAL Roundtable discussion of WIA and the Adult Education and Economic Gro...
Lifelong learning	2000	This publication examines the concept of lifelong learning and the myths surrounding gap between the ideal and real learning ...
Legislators' resource book: adult education services - the success, the impact and the need	May 2007	This document contains state-by-state snapshots of adult education programs from 2003-04. Included on each fact sheet are sta...
Legislator's resource book: adult education services - the success, the impact and the need	June 2009	This document contains state-by-state data on adult education programs. The data is taken from USDE OVAE's National Reporting...
Learners' engagement in adult literacy education	March 2006	The study described in this report focused on how learning context shapes engagement by adult learners. Understanding how an...
Journal writing as an adult learning tool	2002	This brief reviews the research and practice literature and describes issues and methods involved in incorporating journal wr...
Journal writing and adult learning	1996	This digest focuses on several types of journals, exploring their value in assisting adults through their learning journey an...
Is it working? Self help guide for evaluating vocational and adult education programs	1995	The guide presents a framework for use by adult and vocational programs to improve their approach to evaluation. Included are...
Informal adult learning and the Internet	2003	This Alert examines issues related to the Internet and its role in informal adult learning. References are given.
Inclusive adult learning environments	1995	The Digest describes what it means to create an inclusive learning environment, examines some related issues, and presents so...
In a time of scarce resources: near term priorities in adult education	July 25, 2012	This report presents the results of a survey project in which over two dozen adult education and literacy leaders responded t...
How emancipatory is adult learning?	1999	This publication investigates to what extent adult education actually fulfills an emancipatory mission by examining beliefs a...
How do you teach content in adult education? an annotated bibliography	October 2006	In this document, the authors provide sources of research and professional wisdom that are useful to the design of evidence-b...
History of the Adult Education Act: an overview	1991	This document summaries the twenty-seven year history of the Adult Education Act to 1991.
Guidelines for working with adult learners	1988	The digest provides guidelines to consider when developing educational programs for adults in any setting. It focuses on the...
Forces changing our nation's future	June 18, 2007	This is a report of one of the presentations made at the April 2007 meeting of the National Commission on Adult Literacy. A m...
Fiscal consequences of adult educational attainment	December 14, 2007	This policy brief prepared for the National Commission on Adult Literacy examines the earnings of adults according to their l...
Federal adult education: a legislative history 1964-2013	2013	This “American heritage” history traces the federal involvement in adult education in order to place federal adult education ...
Ethical practice in adult education	1991	This ERIC Digest describes some of the ethical dilemmas that are inherent in the education of adults and provides ideas that ...
ERIC and the Adult Education Act: 25 Years of Collaboration	1991	The digest describes highlights the 25-year collaboration between the Adult Education Act (AEA) and the ERIC system. It begi...
Effects of learning in adult, career, and career-technical education	2003	This Alert examines some of the trends and issues associated with the role of emotion in learning in adult, career, and caree...
Directory of federal funding sources for adult education	March 2009	This directory of federal funding sources describes 49 programs from ten agencies that authorize expenditures for adult basic...
Dare to dream, a collection of papers from a resource group of 102 education and literacy professionals	May 21, 2007	Presented at their April 2007 meeting, this collection of papers was developed to inform the thinking of the National Commiss...
Continuing education: market driven or learner centered?	1996	This publication looks at the controversy of whether continuing education programs should be market driven or learner centere...
Contextual learning in adult education	2000	This brief examines the use in adult education of contextual learning, an offshoot of the constructivist approach to teaching...
Collaborative learning in adult education	1991	The digest provides an overview of collaborative learning and describes how the process of collaborative learning can become ...