Abstract:This study examines previous studies concerned with Adult Basic Edu cation (ABE) teacher competencies to corroborate their findings and to discuss the competencies in relation to their implications for ABE teacher training where the community college is the agency responsible for the administration of ABE programs.
Adult Basic Education teachers and administrators in five New Englandstates were asked to rate 17 areas of teacher competency as derived from Mocker (1974). Five exploratory hypotheses of no differe… Show more
Major concepts about adults as learners, program planning, and the teaching‐learning transaction, along with brief descriptions of instructional procedures that reflect such concepts, indicate how teachers of adults can increase their effectiveness.
Major concepts about adults as learners, program planning, and the teaching‐learning transaction, along with brief descriptions of instructional procedures that reflect such concepts, indicate how teachers of adults can increase their effectiveness.
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