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Benn, Roseanne – 1997
This book examines the low level of numeracy in Britain, reasons why numeracy is critical, and the forces affecting adults. Section 1 describes the educational environment in which adults learn mathematics. Chapters 1-2 explore the role and purposes of adult education and identify characteristics of and influences on learners and teachers. Section…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development
Download full textBenn, Roseanne, Ed.; Fieldhouse, Roger, Ed. – 1998
This document contains six papers examining the theoretical and practical development of university adult continuing education (ACE) curricula in the late 1990s. The following are among the factors considered in "An Exploration of the Factors Affecting the Adult Continuing Education Curriculum" (Roseanne Benn): goals; cultural,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Case Studies
Benn, Roseanne, Ed.; Elliott, Jane, Ed.; Whaley, Pat, Ed. – 1998
This book contains 17 papers examining the various roles--learner, teacher, researcher, manager--that women have played in the development of lifelong learning. The following papers are included: "Introduction: Women and Continuing Education--Where Are We Now?" (Roseanne Benn, Jane Elliott, Pat Whaley); "Dancing into the Future:…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Continuing Education, Employed Women
Schmitt, Mary Jane, Ed.; Safford-Ramus, Katherine, Ed. – 2001
This volume contains the proceedings of the 7th international conference on Adults Learning Mathematics--A Research Forum held in July, 2000 in Massachusetts. It includes posters and short oral reports under these section headings: (1) Research into Practice; (2) Large- Scale Issues: Frameworks, Standards, and Assessment; (3) Theoretical…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Continuing Education, Cultural Influences
Gray, Fred, Ed. – 2002
This document contains 12 papers about lifelong learning in rural communities in Great Britain. The papers, which are intended for lecturers, tutors, and guidance professionals but may also prove useful to organizations providing lifelong learning and policymakers, include conceptual tools as well as empirical case studies documenting lifelong…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
Hamilton, Mary, Ed.; Withnall, Alexandra, Ed. – 1995
The following conference papers cover a wide spectrum of issues in continuing education: "Introduction" (Katherine Leni Oglesby); "Footprints in the Sand?--The Legacy of the University Funding Council's Support for Research in Continuing Education" (Chris Duke); "Thinking Fragments: Learning, Life Histories and the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning
Coben, Diana, Ed.; O'Donoghue, John, Ed.; FitzSimons, Gail E., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 22 papers that are designed to situate research and practice in adults learning mathematics within the wider field of lifelong learning and lifelong education. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Diana Coben, Gail E. FitzSimons, John O'Donoghue); "Review of Research on Adults Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Algebra, Biographies
Jackson, Ann, Ed.; Jones, David, Ed. – 2000
This document contains 43 papers from a conference on researching inclusion. The following are among the papers included: "Include Me Out: Critique and Contradiction in Thinking about Social Exclusion and Lifelong Learning" (Paul Armstrong); "The Linking of Work and Education To Enable Social Inclusion" (Dave Beck);…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Accreditation (Institutions), Admission Criteria
