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Reengaging with the International Adult Learning and Education Community

Reengaging with the International Adult Learning and Education Community

Adult education practitioners can strengthen their outreach and effectiveness by focusing on commonalities and the important roles that each of them plays in enabling adults to engage in learning throughout the lifespan. Adult education is best served when it operates as part of a larger lifelong learning conceptual framework.

By Christy Rhodes, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Adult Education, East Carolina University

Numeracy, Digital Resiliency, and Habits of Mind

Numeracy, Digital Resiliency, and Habits of Mind

Critical thinking and problem solving thus are fundamental to both numeracy and digital resiliency. As educators and proponents of literacy, we must view every lesson, every task, every conversation as an opportunity to help learners build these two skills and turn them into habits of mind.

By Cynthia Bell, Adult Numeracy Network and Literacy Assistance Center