Learner Persistence |
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Adult learner persistence is one of the greatest challenges for adult education programs. Unlike children, adults must make an active decision to participate in adult education. Each day of class they must renew that decision in light of many other competing priorities and barriers. In order to realistically meet their goals, most adults who seek adult education require a few hundred hours of instruction, whether it is to obtain a high school credential, learn to speak, read, and write English fluently, and/or to access postsecondary education or training. Persistence underpins academic progress that ultimately results in positive outcomes and an improved quality of life for adult learners. In the United States, World Education builds the capacity of adult education programs to improve adult learner persistence and outcomes. This enables adults learners to meet their educational, family, career, and personal goals. We do so through online courses, publications, websites, professional development, and customized technical assistance. |
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Out-of-School Migrant Youth Education
This pilot implementation of the mentoring programs is a subset of the Graduation and Outcomes for Success for Out-of-School Youth's (GOSOSY) Consortium’s 17 member states, using the mentoring model framework and resources from the Mentoring Toolkit. |
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Managing Stress to Improve Learning
Managing Stress to Improve Learning trains adult educators on how to mitigate the effects of stress and trauma on learning using strategies from expressive art therapy. |
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New England Learner Persistence Project
The New England Learner Persistence Project improved adult learner persistence and outcomes so adult learners could meet their educational and related life goals. |
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Promising Practices for Adult Student Persistence
Investigating the impact of context-specific interventions to improve student persistence. |
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Marco, Terry, and Taywana Teach Us about Resilience
Resilience is something that we all innately possess, but there are ways adult educators can encourage its development. |
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Engaging Adult Learners with Innovative Strategies
The stress of juggling work and family, compounded with anxieties about math and reading, can be crippling for even the most motivated adult learner. |