Adult Education
Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. It can mean any form of learning adults engage in beyond traditional schooling, encompassing basic literacy to personal fulfillment as a lifelong learner.In particular, adult education reflects a specific philosophy about learning and teaching based on the assumption that adults can and want to learn, that they are able and willing to take responsibility for the learning, and that the learning itself should respond to their needs.Driven by what …
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CUF: Center for an Urban Future · 2 October 2023
At the Adult Learning Center at the Flushing Library, 500 people came to the library every three days for three months to register for a lottery to receive one of …
Assistance Center, a nonprofit that supports the adult education system. “This is a good investment in our city … says Patricia Mullen of the Lehman College Adult Education Center. “About 75 percent of our students are … our goal right now, and I think a lot of the adult education community’s goal, is not to just have a treadmill …
IFS: Institute for Fiscal Studies · 29 September 2023 English
This paper uses a linked database of data provided by the Hungarian State Treasury, the National Health Insurance Fund, the Educational Authority, the National Tax and Customs Administration, the Ministry …
WP202028-A-second-chance-Labor-market-returns-to-adult-education-using-school-reforms WP202027-Potential-co …
Brookings Institution · 28 September 2023 English
We examine mortality differences between Americans adults with and without a four-year college degree over the period 1992 to 2021. Mortality patterns, in aggregate and across groups, can provide evidence …
no more than suggest explanations such as adult education, immigration, or people as they age becoming …
Brookings Institution · 28 September 2023 English
The widening gap in death rates between Americans with and without a four-year college degree shows the U.S. economy is failing working class people, suggests a paper to be discussed …
no more than suggest explanations such as adult education, immigration, or people as they age becoming …
Centre for Progressive Policy · 27 September 2023 English
The same survey found the median response for where people think the tax-free inheritance threshold should sit is around £300,000 (smaller than the existing threshold).22 Their study also found that …
system to bring a million people back into adult education, turning the tide on rising child poverty, … fixing and then expanding childcare, improving adult education, reducing vast geographic inequalities in capital …
World Bank Group · 26 September 2023 English
Gender equality is a key foundation of inclusive and sustainable economic development that can translate into long-term and effective poverty reduction. While gender equality matters on its own as a …
EJA Educação de Jovens e Adultos (youth and adult education) ELA Empowerment and Livelihood for Adolescents … generating activities and being moved to the adult education program after missing classes. Given the scarcity … for individuals transferred to (youth and adult education), which offers only night classes—often impossible … education, teacher formation education, adult education, and superior education. There are different … studies. Youth and adult education (Educação de Jovens e Adultos) (EJA) is an adult education program that …
Brookings Institution · 26 September 2023 English
The 'global brain' is under tremendous pressure from issues across the lifespan (Winter et al., 2022). Impaired social and emotional development in early childhood, education loss due to COVID-induced school …
Organization Global Health Observatory Adult education level (Below upper secondary education, Upper …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 25 September 2023 English
There is growing consensus that digital payments can facilitate financial transactions and help boost economic growth in both developed and emerging market economies (EMEs). [1] , [2] Indeed, the COVID-19 …
opportunities, and eliminating barriers to adult education. Improving labour market participation and …
ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 22 September 2023 English
AS THE WORLD reaches the mid-point of the window for the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), two questions confront global leaders and development stakeholders: Are we …
Field Schools from Agricultural Extension to Adult Education,” International Initiative for Impact Evaluation …
World Bank Group · 21 September 2023 English
The purpose of the note is to inform the design of policies and instruments that can enhance labor market outcomes of Brazil's poor and vulnerable populations. Global and regional experiences …
technical schools (Institutos Federais) and adult education programs (Educacao Jovens e Adultos, EJA); …
