Adults learn more easily when classroom material is connected to their life experiences. This indispensable how to do it guide shows instructors and trainers in all areas of adult education how to customize course content to the needs and previous knowledge of their students. While sophisticated enough for experienced teachers, the book is an excellent resource for instructors and trainers who may have little or no classroom experience. The manual is especially suited to instructors of adult basic education, literacy education, English as a second language, and workplace basic education.
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"Too many policies, publishers, and programs assume low-literate adults require remedial schooling?meaning teaching adults as children, but more politely. Here, at last, is a comprehensive adult-focused approach to teaching structured around learner needs. No literacy, ABE, or GED teacher looking for a better approach to helping their students learn should be without this book." (B. Allen Quigley, Associate Professor and Regional director of Adult Education, Penn State University)
"As adult educators, we know that our learners enter instructional settings for a variety of reasons and have a vast array of life experiences. This guide provides practical information to facilitate learning by emphasizing connections between different disciplines while addressing life issues. Theme-based instruction incorporates much of what we know about sound adult education principles." (Connie Eichhorn, coordinator, Career Center and Adult Education Programs, Omaha Public Schools)
?As an adult literacy facilitator and parent educator this guide is a tremAndous tool for maintaining instructional motivation while utilizing contextually appropriate themes in diverse settings for authentic assessment, instructional excellence and emergent curriculum.? (Virginia Tardaewether, family literacy specialist, Salem Oregon)
"As adult educators, we know that our learners enter instructional settings for a variety of reasons and have a vast array of life experiences. This guide provides practical information to facilitate learning by emphasizing connections between different disciplines while addressing life issues. Theme-based instruction incorporates much of what we know about sound adult education principles." (Connie Eichhorn, coordinator, Career Center and Adult Education Programs, Omaha Public Schools)
?As an adult literacy facilitator and parent educator this guide is a tremAndous tool for maintaining instructional motivation while utilizing contextually appropriate themes in diverse settings for authentic assessment, instructional excellence and emergent curriculum.? (Virginia Tardaewether, family literacy specialist, Salem Oregon)
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Adults learn more easily when classroom material is connected to their life experiences. A Guide for Planning and Implementing Instruction for Adults is an indispensable ?how to do it? guide for instructors and trainers in all areas of adult education who need a proven means of customizing what they teach to the needs and previous knowledge of their students. John Dirkx and Suzanne Prenger take a practical step-by-step approach, filling the book with a wealth of useful worksheets, charts, and graphs for use with theme-based instruction. They also give instructors a concise grounding in the theoretical base for this approach, covering such topics as how adults learn and how learning styles differ among adults. While sophisticated enough for experienced teachers, the book is an excellent resource for instructors and trainers who may have little or no classroom experience. The manual is especially suited to instructors of adult basic education, literacy education, English as a second language, and workplace basic education.
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The purpose of this chapter is to provide an introduction to integrated, theme-based (ITB) instruction. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developmental education programs for adults, adult developmental education, implementing instruction for adults, suggestion circle, facilitative teaching, thematic instruction, academic competencies, literacy educators, contextual learning, theme selection, achieving necessary skills, instructional process, theme units, adult basic education, effective facilitation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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developmental education programs for adults, adult developmental education, implementing instruction for adults, suggestion circle, facilitative teaching, thematic instruction, academic competencies, literacy educators, contextual learning, theme selection, achieving necessary skills, instructional process, theme units, adult basic education, effective facilitation Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cream of Wheat, Technical Colleges, Adult Basic Literacy Educators Network, Sue Ellen, Jane Vella, United States, African American, Germantown Women's Educational Project, Planning the Integrated Curriculum, The Call New!
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- George Washington by Keith Brandt in Back Matter
- Kagan Cooperative Learning by Spencer Kagan on page 107
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- Curriculum Development by Laurie Brady in Back Matter
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