In a distinctly personal and highly entertaining style, Jane Vella offers a practical, proven, universally applicable approach to adult education. From a graduate school in New York to the mountains of Nepal to the drought-parched fields of Ethiopia, Vella draws on her rich personal experiences as an adult educator to reveal twelve basic principles of adult learning that transcend cultural differences. The principles include seeing the learner as...

The authorization is the only credential issued by CDE Educator Licensing for educators who work with adult learners to improve literacy skills, English language proficiency and/or to prepare them to pass a high school equivalency exam.

"The Adult Learner, Sixth Edition is essential reading for adult learning practitioners, students and HRD professionals. It provides a theoretical framework for understanding the adult learning issues both in the teaching and workplace environments."--BOOK JACKET

This report provides the court in Colorado with essential information about training evaluation with which to create an effective system for evaluating the training component of the Court Improvement Program (CIP). It is important to acknowledge here the differences in cultures between the various stakeholders that make up the audience for this multi-disciplinary training. The approaches to evaluation described here are the ideal for measuring effectiveness...