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Guidelines and conditions for eligibility and registration of Adult Community Education organisations

This document sets out the conditions and terms of eligibility for local adult and community education (ACE) provid... Show more
This document sets out the conditions and terms of eligibility for local adult and community education (ACE) providers in Victoria. Eligible ACE providers are able to vie for funds outlined in Regional Council performance agreements and tender for the delivery of further education courses. The guide sets out policies for providers relating to the eligibility of ACE organisations to apply for government funds and the registration of ACE organisations to deliver accredited further education courses. Show less

Corporate authors: Victoria. Adult, Community and Further Education Board (ACFEB)

Date: 1999

Resource type: Guide

Subjects: Adult and community education; Policy; Higher education ... [+] Show more
Promoting college and career readiness: bridge programs for lower-skilled adults

This brief was prepared for the Community College Virtual Symposium, a project of the US Department of Education, O... Show more
This brief was prepared for the Community College Virtual Symposium, a project of the US Department of Education, Office of Vocational and Adult Education, held at Montgomery College, Silver Spring, Maryland on April 27, 2011. It describes recent approaches to bridge programs and explores promising practices that contextualize and/or integrate instruction and strengthen student support and transition services to improve students' rates of postsecondary transition and completion. It focuses exclusively on programs bridging adult education and community college occupational programs. Although some students may not have a secondary credential when entering bridge programs, a major goal of these programs is to enable students who lack a secondary credential to earn one during the program.
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Corporate authors: United States. Department of Education. Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)

Conference name: Community College Virtual Symposium

Date: 2012

Geographic subjects: United States; North America

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Adult and community education; Teaching and learning; Equity ... [+] Show more
The development of a novel, standards-based core curriculum for community facing, clinic-based community health workers

Introduction: Historically, [community health worker] CHW trainings have been developed to support community-based ... Show more
Introduction: Historically, [community health worker] CHW trainings have been developed to support community-based CHWs. When CHWs have been trained to engage with patients, typically such trainings have been for short term grant funded projects, focusing on a specific health intervention and not for long term, ongoing engagement of CHWs employed in clinical settings. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such effort to describe the development of a standards-based training curriculum for clinic-based CHWs using a novel conceptual framework.
Methods: Our conceptual approach for curricular development has several innovative features including: (1) a foundational consultation process with CHW national experts to inform curricular development approach, process and content; (2) utilization of the CHW Consensus Project (C3 Project) to provide curricular standards and guide learning objectives; (3) integration of three key stakeholder group perspectives (patients, healthcare teams, and healthcare systems); (4) use of popular education principles, aiming to foster a collaborative learning process; (5) integration of adult learning principles which build on learners' experiences, culminating in a modified apprenticeship model; and (6) collaboration with clinical partners throughout planning and development of the curriculum.
Results: The resulting standards-based curriculum is comprised of 10 modules, which span three areas of focus: (1) Establishing a professional CHW identity and competencies; (2) Outlining the context, processes and key actors in health care settings with whom CHWs will engage; and (3) Identifying the main forces that shape health and health care outcomes of patients/families and communities.
Discussion: We highlight four lessons from our curriculum development process that may help other such efforts. First, curricular development should utilize CHW standards, existing training materials, and community-focused principles to inform curricular content and learning outcomes. Second, curricula should support training delivery using experience-based, participatory approaches, consistent with adult education and popular education principles. Third, training development for clinical settings should also draw from clinical CHW experiences and input. Fourth, curricula should support training for key stakeholders and champions in clinical organizations to improve organizational readiness for integrating CHWs into healthcare teams and health systems. Our results contribute to growing research on effective CHW training methods for clinical settings.
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Authors: George, Sheba; Silva, Lucero; Llamas, Myra; Ramos, Irma ... [+] Show more

Date: 2021

Geographic subjects: United States; North America

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Frontiers in public health

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Workforce development; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
Selected higher education statistics 1990

The data relates to all students, commencing students, course completions, student load, staff and finance for Aust... Show more
The data relates to all students, commencing students, course completions, student load, staff and finance for Australian institutions providing higher education courses. Show less

Corporate authors: Australia. Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET)

Date: 1990

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Statistical series

Subjects: Participation; Students; Higher education ... [+] Show more
Benefits of mentoring

This issue of the journal is entitled 'Mentoring: new strategies and challenges', edited by Michael W. Galbraith an... Show more
This issue of the journal is entitled 'Mentoring: new strategies and challenges', edited by Michael W. Galbraith and Norman H. Cohen.
Schultz asserts, in this paper, that there are primary developmental benefits of mentoring for adult learners, and the contribution of the mentoring model can be illustrated through practical examples.
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Authors: Schulz, Susan F.

Date: 1995

Geographic subjects: North America; United States

Resource type: Article

Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education

Subjects: Lifelong learning; Students; Adult and community education ... [+] Show more
Adult learning Australia, no. 6, November 1999

Adult Learning Australia (ALA), which produces this newsletter several times a year, is a national association of m... Show more
Adult Learning Australia (ALA), which produces this newsletter several times a year, is a national association of many organisations and individuals involved with adult and community education in Australia. Feature articles in this issue include: 'Lifelong learning: critical, desirable or just a good idea?' by Philip Candy and 'Fast food delivery', a guide to flexible delivery in the food industry, by Ben Bardon. The issue also includes the following articles: 'Health ageing in Australia: a national strategy'; 'Learning to be effective environmentalists'; Educators can solve the problems of online learning'; and an interview with Trish Worth, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs and Member for Adelaide. Show less

Authors: Brown, Tony

Date: 1999

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Journal issue

Subjects: Lifelong learning; Adult and community education; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
Promoting full-time attendance among adults in community college: early impacts from the performance-based scholarship demonstration in New York

Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in add... Show more
Many adult students struggle to finance their educations, often contending with work and child care expenses in addition to the extra cost of remedial courses. Moreover, there is little needbased grant aid to help. This report presents early findings from an evaluation of a program in New York City targeted to low-income adults (ages 22 to 35) who need remedial course work. Part of MDRC's national Performance-Based Scholarship (PBS) Demonstration, the program operated at Borough of Manhattan Community College and Hostos Community College, both part of the City University of New York, in 2008 and 2009. These findings suggest that incentive scholarships may increase full-time attendance and summer enrollment, which may, in turn, benefit low-income adults needing remediation by decreasing the time they need to earn degrees or certificates. Future reports will present impacts for the full sample on measures not covered here, including student retention, credit accumulation, graduation and transfer rates, motivation, and use of scholarship monies.
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Authors: Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Sommo, Colleen; Welbeck, Rashida

Date: 2011

Geographic subjects: United States; North America

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Adult and community education; Higher education; Providers of education and training ... [+] Show more
Learning technology in adult English, maths and ESOL/ELT provision: an evidence review

This review is to develop a sound understanding of: the existing evidence on the value of technology to the adult b... Show more
This review is to develop a sound understanding of: the existing evidence on the value of technology to the adult basic skills provision; and the potential target populations within the adult learner community, including an understanding of their current access to and use of technology. To meet these aims, two strands of research and analysis were undertaken, these were: a systematic review of research; and a data review on the key populations of interest.
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Authors: Litster, Jenny; Mallows, David; Morris, Marian; Redman, Rachel ... [+] Show more

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Great Britain; Europe

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: BIS research paper

Subjects: Technology; Adult and community education; Language ... [+] Show more
Applications of educational technology in TAFE: submission to Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia

This is one of a series of papers prepared on request from the Director-General of Further Education, to be a submi... Show more
This is one of a series of papers prepared on request from the Director-General of Further Education, to be a submission to the Committee of Enquiry into Education in South Australia. It discusses options to improve the cost effectiveness of educational programs through the introduction of new technological approaches to learning and teaching. It examines existing systems and discusses the potential impact of new technological developments upon those systems. A number of initiatives are presented for consideration. Show less

Authors: Brown, Anthony J.; Kenworthy, Brian

Corporate authors: South Australia. Department of Further Education

Date: 1980

Geographic subjects: Oceania; South Australia; Australia

Resource type: Government report or paper

Series name: Occasional paper

Subjects: Adult and community education; Technology; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
Systematic quality assurance in adult learning: Nordic tiles in a mosaic

This report is a result of the work of the Nordic Group on Quality Assurance. It describes examples of work with qu... Show more
This report is a result of the work of the Nordic Group on Quality Assurance. It describes examples of work with quality assurance in different sectors and at different levels in organisations and institutions. It is not the aim of the report to give a detailed picture of work with quality in adult learning, but rather to visualise critical factors of importance for the work on quality assurance and how this is perceived by the participants. In this report it has been decided to address learning processes that take place within a formal framework, including formal learning outside educational institutions, for instance in the workplace, as well as processes that are conducted within the non-formal learning system.
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Authors: Faurschau, Kim; Magnusdottir, Sigrun Kristin; Vaughan, Simon

Date: 2008

Geographic subjects: Europe; Denmark; Finland ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Teaching and learning; Quality; Lifelong learning ... [+] Show more