Adult Education
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Writing Skills for Success in Adult Education
Writing strategies for completing a variety of written assignments are provided for both in-class and out-of-class work adult learners complete in college courses. more...
Science Study Skills for Adult Education
Ten strategies focusing on techniques and skills that help adult learners become successful in physics, chemistry, biology, and geology college courses are discussed. more...
Math Study Skills for Adult Students
11 strategies focusing on problem solving and memory are provided for developing the necessary skills in math to be successful in adult education courses. more...
Disability Services in Adult Education
An overview of learning and physical disability resources are described for all adult learners enrolled in higher education courses designed to achieve educational goals. more...
How to Avoid Dropping Out of Adult Education
Tips and strategies are provided for helping adult learners and non-traditional students develop a plan for success in their adult and continuing education experiences. more...
Nontraditional Students and Academic Success
Characteristics of adult learners which must be overcome as nontraditional students discover strategies and techniques for learning how to achieve academic success. more...
Adult Education Learning Experiences
15 factors which influence adult learning, course design, and classroom teaching are presented and discussed providing strategies for supporting continuing education. more...
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Paulo Freire and Adult Education
By: Anna Reitman
Paulo Freire (1921-1997) was a Brazilian educator that devoted his life to critical and transformative community based pedagogy for adults. more...
Become a Volunteer Adult Literacy Tutor
Adults who are searching for a fulfilling hobby or a service project to benefit the community should consider becoming volunteer adult literacy tutors. more...
By: Krista Tannahill
When signing up for a distance education class it is important to have a general understanding and knowledge of how adults learn. more...
International Literacy Day Lesson Plan
By: Anna Reitman
Every September 8, Literacy Day helps to connect ESL and low literacy adults with a wider global community of learners facing familiar challenges. more...
Survival Strategies for Returning Adult Students
By: Cecilia Johnson
Adults that find themselves going back to school in order to compete in this economy need a leg up on their high-school senior counterparts. more...
By:
Michael Streich
Evening degree programs feature smaller classes, are tailored to the working professional, and designed to enable graduation within four years or less. more...
Learning Theories in Adult Education
By: Lissa Davis
Whether defined as an "orientation" or a "theory", studies have been made on how and why adults learn. These organize existing observation and indicate new directions. more...
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