National Institute Of Adult Continuing Education Niace: 55 books

Across multiple disciplines concerned with community development there is growing interest in the phenomenon of community capacity building; activities, resources and support strengthening the abilities and skills of individuals and groups to take action and to lead the development of their own communities....

This publication has been written for community-based adult learning providers who want to develop and incorporate a cross-organisational approach to online learning and courses. The information within this publication also provides guidance to individuals who wish to include online methodologies within their teaching and learning.

This is a guide to finding travel solutions for disabled adult learners. Millions of pounds are spent every year to enable disabled adults to travel to learning. Learning providers report that it uses a significant amount of their budget, leaving less for hardship and childcare support. This guide...

The use of digital technology to capture evidence of learning has been an area of rapid development recently, both in terms of the devices (such as smartphones and tablet computers) and the range of e-portfolios that has become available. Such a rapid pace of change is a major challenge to established...

Would lone parents rather exist on benefits than work to support their families? Must universities be responsible for ensuring their students can balance learning with childcare? What can elite higher education institutions learn from new universities in ensuring academic success for this group of...

Literacy is no longer regarded just as an autonomous commodity or ‘skill’, isolated from its contexts; context is all-important, and much of the basis of contemporary literacy lies in its historical context. Historical research methods in education are a vital tool for understanding contemporary...

Are you a teacher of ESOL, literacy or vocational classes and need a comprehensive resource with information and exercises to help improve your students’ spelling? Aimed at entry level 2 of the Adult ESOL and Adult Literacy Core Curricula or equivalent outside the UK, and with a separate students’...

Dyslexia affects approximately ten per cent of the population but many learners with dyslexia lack information about the support available to them at college, university and when learning at work. Anecdotal evidence, however, suggests that appropriate and timely support can make a big difference to...

A study of learning and literacy in nineteenth-century England, based on documentary and qualitative sources, this book explores people's desire to learn, their ways of learning and practising writing and the meanings writing had for them at a time when there was little or no formal education. Many...

This complete and fully up-to-date study guide, incorporating all of the official study material, supports those preparing to take the new Life in the United Kingdom citizenship test required for naturalisation or settlement from 2013. It is designed for adults studying on their own, especially those...

In this publication policy-makers, practitioners and researchers come together to demonstrate, in a wide variety of settings, how new initiatives to create learning cities and regions can improve dialogue between the practice and research communities. In demonstrating the productive outcomes of knowledge...

As the gap increases between those with access to information and those denied it, redistributing information and making it accessible become ever more important educational and political tasks. While some people now have greater access to a wide range of information, they do not necessarily have...

The growth of a knowledge-based economy and an information society has meant that literacy increasingly mediates our lives and activities. Literacy has also been a way of critically comprehending the world in order to make it different and better. It is an important tool for increasing the autonomy...