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The vision of the standards-based education reform movement [9] is that all teenagers will receive a meaningful high school diploma that serves essentially as a public guarantee that they can read, write, and do basic mathematics (typically through first-year algebra) at a level which might be useful to an employer. To avoid a surprising ...
Since it was founded in 1945, UNESCO has been supporting global dialogue and action in the field of Adult Learning and Education. In 1949, it organized the first CONFINTEA. Since then, five further CONFINTEA conferences have taken place at intervals of roughly twelve years, providing UNESCO member states with valuable opportunities to consider ...
Learning standards (also called academic standards, content standards and curricula) are elements of declarative, procedural, schematic, and strategic knowledge that, as a body, define the specific content of an educational program. Standards are usually composed of statements that express what a student knows, can do, or is capable of ...
The goals are not intended to be a curriculum. Instead, curriculum is to be developed locally on the basis of the goals. Standards are grouped in four divisions—creation and performance; cultural and historical context; perception and analysis; and the nature and value of the arts. The Music Content Standards for each level are as follows:
Exemplary situation – a workshop, the Tertiary Education Union (TEU) Annual Conference in Wellington, New Zealand in 2012. Adult education, distinct from child education, is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained educating activities in order to gain new knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values. [1]
Adult Learners' Week is an international festival of adult learning. It is a UNESCO initiative that was first celebrated in the United States in the late ’80s, where there was a move to create a broad celebration of adult learning by the American Association for the Advancement of Education (AAAE).
Making It Enjoyable and Sustainable. As we age, a good night’s sleep becomes even more crucial for our overall health and well-being. However, maintaining consistent sleep patterns can become a ...
Internationally there are many academic journals, adult education organizations (including government agencies) and centers for adult learning housed in a plethora of international colleges and universities that are working to promote the field of adult learning, as well as adult learning opportunities in training, traditional classes and in ...