Adult Educators' Perceptions of Health Issues and Topics in Adult Basic Education Programs. NCSALL Reports #8 [electronic resource] / Rima E. Rudd and Barbara A. Moeykens.
A national survey of adult basic education (ABE) teachers examined practitioners' perceptions of, and experiences with, health issues and topics in ABE classes. Of the 1,621 surveys mailed out, 636 (39%) were returned. Of the respondents, 41% taught in rural settings, 35% taught in urban settin...
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| Summary: | A national survey of adult basic education (ABE) teachers examined practitioners' perceptions of, and experiences with, health issues and topics in ABE classes. Of the 1,621 surveys mailed out, 636 (39%) were returned. Of the respondents, 41% taught in rural settings, 35% taught in urban settings, and 23% taught in suburban settings. Most (93%) of the teachers considered the adult learning setting an appropriate setting to teach and learn about health. Nutrition was the most common health topic to have been discussed in ABE classes. Those teachers who had included health units in their ABE classes viewed health lessons as enhancing skills in the areas of dialogue and discussion, vocabulary building, reading, language development, and critical thinking. Overall, those adult educators who had taught health gave health high ratings as a content area supporting curriculum goals. Although teachers' definitions of health literacy tended to focus on health information, the idea of functional health literacy appeared to be gaining greater attention. It was concluded that health educators must collaborate with adult educators to enlarge the concept of functional health literacy and include more emphasis on skills to promote medical communication, access to health services, and patient advocacy. (MN) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED435843. Availability: NCSALL Reports, World Education, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210 ($5). Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. on Postsecondary Education, Libraries, and Lifelong Learning (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. Contract Number: R309B60002. Also distributed on microfiche by U.S. GPO under ED 1.310/2:435843. |
| Physical Description: | 25 p. |