For Adult Learning & Teaching Adults

TCALL Resources

ABE Teacher's Toolkit (AEPDC Consortium,1995)

Assessment (Literacy Links, September 1998)

Big Ideas Entrepreneurial Projects (Williams and Petter, 1999)

Collaboration (Literacy Links, Spring 2000)

Curricula (Non Commercial) & Curriculum Development Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)

Effective Practices: Engaging Learners in Discussion & Inquiry (Jones, 1996)

Good Practices: Effective Practices in Adult Education and Literacy Classrooms (Baird, 1996)

Improving Group Instruction in Adult Education (Valentine, 1997)

Internet-Based Resources for Literacy Education (Lyman, 1998)

Principles of Adult Learning Resource Listing (On TCALL Library Search page use Broad Search Categories box to find library resources in this subject area, equivalent to the hard-copy bibliography.)

Project-Based Learning (Literacy Links, July 1999)

Research Review: Learning Styles (Literacy Links, September 1996)

Something to Think About: A Student Generated Project (Green, 1998)

Study Group Outline I - Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults (Odessa College, 2002)

Study Group Outline II - Learning to Think, Learning to Learn: What the Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Adult Education (Odessa College, Fall 2002)

Teacher Action Research (Literacy Links, September 1999)

(Literacy Links, December 1998)

Texas Adult Education Content Standards and Benchmarks Resources

Texas Standardized Curriculum Framework (TSCF) Resources
NOTE: These resources are not related to the Texas Adult Education Content Standards adopted in 2007. They are based on an earlier set of curriculum frameworks widely used in Texas in the early 2000s, which were in turn adopted from a framework developed by the Florida Department of Education, Division of Workforce Development.

Texas "Teachers of Adults" Listserv

Timely Topics - Selected articles from Literacy Links

National Institute for Literacy's LINCS Resources

"Equipped for the Future Special Collection" - information page from National LINCS

The Poverty Race, Women & Literacy National Email Discussion List (facilitated by National LINCS)

For more information from a searchable nationwide adult education & literacy database, go to LINCSearch

Other Web Sites of Interest

http://www.c-pal.net/build/candi/basic/index.asp (Community Partnerships for Adult Learning) - Site includes How-To's, Research, Journals, and Website links, and Standards pertaining to helping adults succeed in Adult Basic Education/Literacy programs.

Adult Literacy Education (ALE) Wiki – Learn about adult literacy education or add knowledge from your experience teaching adult learners, from research or professional wisdom, or from your experience as an adult learner. This community of practice has links to research for practitioners, researchers, learners and other adult literacy educators, including English language learning, numeracy, and adult basic and secondary education.

Harnessing Technology Web Page - The Harnessing Technology Web pages help adult literacy education (ABE/GED/ESL/ESOL) teachers and learners to use computers, television, audio and video cassettes, and other electronic technology to help solve learning and instructional problems. The Web pages grow and improve as practitioners and learners describe problems and contribute good solutions which use technology. Problems and solutions which are unattributed are those of site host David J. Rosen of Boston's Adult Literacy Resource Institute.

Media Library of Teaching Skills (MLoTS) for Adult Learning and Literacy – This free online digital library of short videos of adult education teachers and their classes is intended for use in professional development. Each video is an example of a state-approved content standard, research-based practice, preferred approach, or specific teaching method or skill. Some of the MLoTS videos were made and edited by the MLoTS Team, David J. Rosen and Owen Hartford; some were made by other people and groups.

Practitioner Toolkit: Working with Adult English Language Learners was developed by National Center for Family Literacy and National Center for ESL Literacy Education at the Center for Applied Linguistics. Texas practitioners may also request a hard copy free from the Clearinghouse Library.