A. Social background for the Development of Adult Education

B. What is the present situation?

C. The purposes in Adult Education

D. Ways of Adult Education

E. The history of Adult Education

F. What is Adult Education?

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Voluntary learning in organized courses by mature men and women is called adult education. Such education is offered to make people able to enlarge and interpret their experience as adults. Adults may want to study something which they missed in earlier schooling, get new skills or job training, find out about new technological development, seek better self-understanding, or develop new talents and skills.

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   This kind of education may be in the form of self-study with proper guidance through the use of libraries, correspondence(函授)courses,or broadcasting.It may also be acquired collectively in schools and colleges, study groups, workshops, clubs, and professional associations.

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Modern adult education for large numbers of people started in the 18th and 19th centuries with the rise of the Industrial Revolution. Great economic and social changes were taking place: people were moving from rural areas to cities: new types of work were being created in an expanding factory system. These and other factors produced a need for further education and reeducation of adults.

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The earliest program of organized adult education arose in Great Britain in the 1790s, with the founding of an adult school at Nottingham and a mechanics’institute at Glasgow. The earliest adult education institution in the United States was founded by Benjamin Franklin and some friends in Philadelphia in 1727.

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People recognize that continued learning is necessary for most forms of employment today. For example, parts of the adult population in many countries find it necessary to take part in retraining programs at work or even to learn completely new jobs. Adult education programs are springing up constantly to meet these and other needs.  

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Eighty percent believe social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have the ability to take over their children’s lives. One in three parents,  meanwhile,  believe the Internet has the power to “rewire” brains(“改裝”大腦)without a person’s knowledge and think their children are in danger of the web.

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A. Four in five parents fear their children will become Facebook addicts.

B. Social networking sites make people more sociable.

C. More and more children will become addicted to Facebook.

D. The Internet has the power to “rewiring” brains.

62. What does the underlined phrase “fly in the face of” in Paragraph four probably mean?

A. Go against.

B. Have a lot in common with.

C. Be similar to.

D. Have something to do with.

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B. Dr.  Paul Howard Jones is a member of the Nominet Trust

C. Dr.  Paul Howard Jones thinks the Internet is useful and beneficial

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D. eighty percent of parents worry that their children will become addicted to Facebook

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A. playing action video games can improve some visual processing and motor response skills

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C. social networking sites,  in themselves,  support existing friendships

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DONALD SLOAN

Gates Hall

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS 66045

913-243-1682                            After May 2009:

46 Clayton Drive

St. Louis, MO 63130

314-726-8840

Objective      To work with the client（委托人）population in a social service position.

Education      B.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 2009

Major: Social Services

Minor: Applied Psychology

Experience     Assistant Activities Supervisor, Fairview Nursing Home, Lawrence, KS, November 2006-present. Help organize and implement recreational activities for nursing home residents. Activities include crafts, dances, day trips, sing-alongs, and visiting performers.

Hotline Volunteer, Teen Crisis Center, Lawrence, KS, September 2006- May 2007. Handled crisis calls from teenagers in the community. Dealt with drug use, unwanted pregnancies, failing grades, and the breakdown of parent-teen relationships.

Nurse’s Aide, Danyers General Hospital, St. Louis, MO, Summer 2006. Assisted nurses in patient care. Took histories, updated charts, and helped prepare patients for surgery. 

Activities      University Concert Board. Work with other board members to plan and implement on-campus concerts.

Senior Gift Campaign. Help manage the campaign to raise funds for the senior class gift to the university.

Residence Hall Programming Board. Planned social events for Eggar Residence Hall.

Skills          Fluent in French. Water safety instructor. Skilled at working with people.

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A．a(chǎn)n advertisement for enrolling new employees

B．a(chǎn) school report at the end of an academic year

C．a(chǎn) self-introduction meant to apply for a job

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A. oppose Mr. Green’s idea about tipping

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    B. programmed the robot to move freely about the classroom

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    B. Giggling robot used as a classroom assistant

    C. Giggling robot makes kids more active in class

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