Adult Education Needs for a Changing State. Discussion Paper on Long-Term Adult Education and Training Needs in California.

Autor/in	Best, Fred
Institution	California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Youth, Adult and Alternative Educational Services Div.
Titel	Adult Education Needs for a Changing State. Discussion Paper on Long-Term Adult Education and Training Needs in California.
Quelle	(1992), (52 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-8011-1018-1
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Access to Education; Adult Education; Adult Educators; Aging (Individuals); Career Change; Correctional Education; Cultural Differences; Demography; Disabilities; Dislocated Workers; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Educational Planning; English (Second Language); Futures (of Society); Improvement Programs; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Market; Literacy Education; Second Language Programs; Statewide Planning; Teacher Shortage; Vocational Education; Welfare Reform; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Adult; Adults; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Aging; Altern; Career changes; Berufswechsel; Fürsorgeerziehung; Kultureller Unterschied; Demografie; Handicap; Behinderung; Arbeitsloser; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Bildungsplanung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Future; Society; Zukunft; Effizienzsteigerung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Planwirtschaft; Lehrermangel; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Kalifornien
Abstract	Demographic, social, and economic factors are shaping the future environment and clientele of California's adult education system. Continued population growth means adult education will have to serve larger populations. Direct implications of increasing ethnic and racial pluralism are demands for more flexible delivery systems that accommodate cultural diversity and demands by English-speaking persons to study a second language. Implications of an aging population are competition for resources, special systems for educational delivery, and a shortage of adult education teachers. The rise in the numbers of working and single parents has important implications for adult education: accessibility and need for classes on parenting and domestic skills. Changes in the labor market and world of work will create needs to increase the skills of adult workers, offer recurring job training, and provide resources to help workers cope with career change and job displacement. Trends concerning educational attainment and skill deficiencies point to roles for adult education in providing literacy, basic education, and upgrading. Two new public policy initiatives, the Immigration Reform and Control Act and Greater Avenues for Independence welfare reform program, will increase demand for programs in adult basic education and English as a Second Language. Two special groups are likely to place increasing demands on adult education: prison inmates and parolees and disabled adults. (YLB)
Anmerkungen	Bureau of Publications, Sales Unit, California Department of Education, P.O. Box 271, Sacramento, CA 95812-0271 ($4.75).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC