Adult Education in Depopulated Areas

The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development in Revitalizing Abandoned/Depopulated Areas

Diabetic education in rural areas.

INTRODUCTION Diabetes mellitus type II is a growing concern in the USA, with 6% of the population diagnosed with diabetes and another 5% having pre-diabetes. The prevalence of diabetes is 17% higher in rural areas than in central cities{1}. Adult diabetics living in rural areas often see negative outcomes related to their limited access to care, cultural barriers, and lack of educational resour...

Concepts in adult education.

• Indicate to the student that they have a responsibility to learn, • Allow students to check if the programme is being delivered, • Create a framework for assessing the students and evaluating teaching programs. Objectives should be: • Comprehensive, • Dynamic. Essential criteria for the objectives should be that they communicate instructional intent, that they are specific and testable. Instr...

Conceptual areas of death education.

Article: The need for the inclusion of death education concepts into the curriculum at all levels has been expressed by numerous health educators. In order to effectively meet this need, it is imperative that teachers be adequately prepared to deal with the diverse and sometimes controversial topics encompassed by a death education course. Although there is a vast amount of information in the a...

Working Lives & Adult Education

The case is made for a politically and culturally engaged critical pedagogy of work, placing it within the historical legacy of adult education. Prompted by the Work and Learning Network initiative at the University of Alberta, this paper marks a renewal of the author’s interest in the discourse on education and the world of work. The critical commentaries on education and work in Critical Cros...