This page provides a compilation of resources on varied topics relevant to adult educators. Although the number of research studies focusing on adult learners is limited, the items listed in the "Research" category are evidence-based or recognized as "promising practices" by federal and state agencies.
This brief explores the application of the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) principles and related frameworks in adult education. Incorporation of SEL holds great promise in empowering adult learners with the skills needed for personal growth, career success, and active participation in society. It further examines how educators' overall well-being through their own development of SEL skills benefits both the educa ...
Resource type: Research Publications
AUDIENCE: Administrators , All teacher types
Topic: Student Engagement and SupportÂ
File Type: PDF
Authors: Kathleen Chernus and Donna Fowler, MPR Associates
Produced by Literacy Information and Communication System/National Institute for Literacy, September 2010
This paper describes several efforts to incorporate integrated curricula in adult education for career advancement and further training or postsecondary education. The authors conclude that three approaches have promising prospects for expanding integrated curriculum efforts already under way in adult education.
Author: Karin Martinson, Abt Associates, Inc., September 2010
This paper explores the importance of employer-program partnerships for improving economic outcomes for both low-skill workers and businesses. It identifies the facÂŹtors that have hindered the growth of these partnerships as well as promising approaches to building further partnerships.
Authors: John Tibbetts, Renee Sherman, Judy Crocker, and Arthur Evans, American Institutes for Research, February 2000
This professional development packet includes a facilitator's guide, participant handouts, and presentation slides on the Secretaryâs Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) workplace competencies and projectâbased instruction.
Authors: Judith Crocker, John Tibbetts, Renee Sherman, and Michael Dlott, American Institutes for Research, May 2002
This guide helps agencies assess their ability to design and deliver a workplace education program. The guide is divided into two sectionsâthe instruction and the program administrative characteristics needed for program success.
This collection of freely available resources has been compiled to support program development and continuous improvement of quality IET programming, including IET curricular resources.
