America Needs a New National Research and Development Center Focused on Adult Learning

Autor/in	Comings, John
Titel	America Needs a New National Research and Development Center Focused on Adult Learning
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 1 (2007) 2, S.93-96 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Research and Development; Opinions; Numeracy; Adult Learning; Adult Literacy; Adult Education; High School Equivalency Programs; Postsecondary Education; Essays; Publications; Adult Programs; Scientific Research; Immigrants; English (Second Language); Dropouts; United States; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschung und Entwicklung; Lehrmeinung; Rechenkompetenz; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Essay; Aufsatzunterricht; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; USA
Abstract	Since 1991, the U.S. has had a national research and development (R&D) center focused on programs that help adults to improve their language, literacy, and numeracy skills; to acquire a General Educational Development (GED) or other high school certification; and to transition into postsecondary education or training. For the first five years, that R&D center was the National Center for Adult Literacy (NCAL), and over the last 11 years, it has been the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). Unfortunately, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) will end NCSALL's funding in July and has not yet shown an interest in funding a new center to replace it. This essay presents the author's opinion on why DOE should fund a new national R&D center, and what that center would do. The essay draws on five monographs that provide the evidence behind his opinions and that give credit to the many people who informed those opinions. For readers interested in exploring this topic further, the author has included the titles and URLs for those monographs at the end of this essay. (Contains 1 footnote.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10