Adult Education & Literacy Resource Collection
Explore a collection of 871 high-quality multimedia instructional resources, informed by research, for use by adult educators. These resources have been reviewed by subject matter experts and recommended and approved by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE), Division of Adult Education and Literacy. Search the collection by category, keyword, date and more.
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Adults with Learning Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
2002
In this literature review, the authors report on the research and current knowledge regarding adults with learning disabilities. The literature review covers a number of areas including defining learning disabilities and their affects, determining if adults have LD, reviewing effective teaching and support strategies, and giving some implications for research, policy, and practice.
Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Policymakers
Adult Educators
State Leaders
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An Introduction to ESL in the Workplace: A Professional Development Packet
2002
This step by step training resource for developing ESL work-based programs includes agendas, content, participant activities, handouts, transparencies and trainer resources. The workshop series is broken into two sessions each lasting approximately six hours. Some of the topics covered are comparison between ESL and Workplace ESL classes, implementing a Workplace ESL program, evaluation...
Administrators and Program Managers
Adult Educators
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Building the Bridge Between Community College and Work For Students with Learning Disabilities
2002
This article presents information to assist students with LD, counselors and employers to build the bridge between community college and work. Students must learn to articulate how their LD impacts them in a variety of situations, especially those requiring learning and performing work related tasks. Preparing for job interviews, anticipating barriers throughout the employment process...
Administrators and Program Managers
Professional Developers
Adult Educators
Partners and Supporters
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Entrepreneurship: How to Begin
2002
This resource supports the teaching of specific education and training content that can be implemented by classroom instructors in the context of a particular career cluster.
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