Adult Learning articles from March 2001

Adult Learning archives from March 2001

Understanding and planning for adult learners with disabilities.(educational literature)
March 22, 2001... Adult education as a field has long espoused ideals of equity in educational opportunity. In recent years, there has been considerable debate regarding the degree to which our practice lives up to these espoused ideals. This debate has been...

Recognizing LD, ADHD and TBI in adults.
March 22, 2001... Many adults have learning problems that interfere with success in educational or vocational endeavors. Learning disabilities (LD), attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and traumatic brain injury (TBI) share features and may occur...

Chasing the rabbit: metaphors used by adult learners to describe their learning disabilities.
March 22, 2001... Among the adults returning to school is a group of students who bring unique challenges-both for themselves and for the institutions of higher education that serve them. These adults with learning disabilities often come back to school with...

Helping adult educators understand disability disclosure.
March 22, 2001... Legislation passed over the last 30 years has increased access of children and adults with disabilities to education. In addition. constantly improving medical advances enable newly disabled adults to enjoy an increasingly better quality of...

Providing accommodations on the GED test.
March 22, 2001... Documented disabilities entitle an individual to appropriate accommodations on standardized tests. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 (and previously under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973), testing...

Serving adult learners with disabilities.
March 22, 2001... The Challenge Many adult basic education centers have and continue to face significant challenges in meeting the mandates established by the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the not too recent past, staff may not have been even aware of...

Teaching strategies that help learners with different needs.
March 22, 2001... Adult learners with many different special needs are part of all areas of adult education, including GED/ABE programs, higher education, workplace training, ESL programs, and community education programs. Adult education has a long tradition of...

Progress and prospects: Kansas reflections.(training teachers of learning-disabled adults)
March 22, 2001... The research study described in Polson and White's article suggests that the challenging task of serving adults with disabilities is better met when adult educators have expanded knowledge, improved skills, and/or different attitudes. In...

My child has a learning disability. Now what? (Personal Reflections).
March 22, 2001... I remember receiving my son's diagnosis with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder as a time of dismay and crisis. It was a crisis because my son had been expelled from day care twice. I hadn't even realized this could be a possibility. It...

Dealing successfully with barriers to learning.(What About Me? Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners)(Book Review)
March 22, 2001... REVIEW What About Me? Strategies for Teaching Misunderstood Learners, by Christopher Lee and Rosemary Jackson. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2001. ISBN 0-325-00348-3. Paper, 166 pages. An adult educator browsing shelves or online...