Building a Data Based Model for Senior Adult Basic Education [microform] / Bradley C. Courtenay and Others
- Bib ID:
- 5427897
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Courtenay, Bradley C
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED232103
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1982
- 24 p.
- Summary:
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Research shows that developing a curriculum model for senior adult education requires consideration of at least four important factors: (1) the heterogeneous nature of the senior adult population; (2) their specific information and interest needs; (3) the specific nature of the learning activities; and (4) the specific barriers and facilitators pertinent to this population. In order to respond to these considerations with a databased curriculum, adults (N=505), aged 60 and over (432 of these were participants in AoA funded nutrition sites in Georgia), responded to an 85-item interviewer-administered questionnaire assessing their educational needs and interests in the areas of health, social services, economics, social and cultural activities, government and law, and personal development. Results showed that a dislike of being out at night was the top ranked barrier to enrolling in adult basic education. The information from the survey was used to develop a teacher's instructional manual based on the top ranked topics, which includes resource and reference information, and add-on units for the more advanced learner. This databased curriculum development model can be useful for others constructing a senior adult basic education curriculum. (Tables detailing the study results, and the table of contents for the teacher's manual are included.) (MCF)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Adult and Vocational Education.
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society (35th, Boston, MA, November 19-23, 1982).
- Educational level discussed: Adult Basic Education.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Georgia Univ., Athens. Center for Continuing Education
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
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