Why Adults Participate in Learning Activities in Jordan: Guidelines for Recruitment.

Autor/in	Nimer, Kamal
Titel	Why Adults Participate in Learning Activities in Jordan: Guidelines for Recruitment.
Quelle	(1989), (7 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Adult Students; Developing Nations; Dropout Prevention; Educational History; Foreign Countries; Guidelines; Incentives; Literacy Education; Participation; School Holding Power; Student Recruitment; Womens Education; Jordan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ausland; Richtlinien; Anreiz; Teilnahme; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	Knowledge of Jordan's historical background and the role of well-educated individuals and groups in motivating adults to participate in learning activities is essential for finding ways to recruit and retain adults in education programs. Some means that have proven effective include the following: (1) persuading religious and social leaders to exert their influence in getting adults to come to literacy classes; (2) door-to-door canvassing; (3) organized trips to historical sites in Jordan as an inducement to recruiting and retaining students; (4) providing adult students with an identification card that can be used to obtain low-cost medical care; (5) forming adult committees for dealing with religious, social, educational, and nursery school affairs; (6) using religious committees to recruit adults; (7) having women visit other women and tell them about educated Muslim women; (8) guest speakers lecturing about the value of education; (9) holding annual exhibitions to display the work of adult literacy students; and (10) hiring highly qualified teachers to teach and deal with adult learners. These and other techniques have proved to be effective in recruiting and retaining adult students in Jordan. (KC)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC