A Hundred Years of Adult Education in Saudi Arabia
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| Title: | A Hundred Years of Adult Education in Saudi Arabia |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Alzahrani, Yassir G., James, Waynne B. |
| Source: | Commission for International Adult Education. 2020. |
| Availability: | Commission for International Adult Education. Available from: American Association for Adult and Continuing Education. 10111 Martin Luther King Junior Highway Suite 200C, Bowie, MD 20720. Tel: 301-459-6261; Fax: 301-459-6241; e-mail: office@aaace.org; e-mail: aaace10@aol.com; Web site: https://www.aaace.org/page/CIAE |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2020 |
| Document Type: | Speeches/Meeting Papers Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Adult Education Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Evening Programs, Community Programs, Summer Programs, Educational History, Higher Education, College Role, Social Development, Volunteers, Government Role, Program Development, Program Implementation, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Illiteracy, Social Change |
| Geographic Terms: | Saudi Arabia |
| Abstract: | The focus of this article is to highlight adult education in Saudi Arabia. It also investigates the roles of early official and volunteering initiatives that established the adult education and literacy system in Saudi Arabia. In addition, a brief overview of the development of adult agencies such as Night Literacy Schools and Adult Education Centers, Summer Campaign Program, and Social Development Centers in Saudi Arabia is discussed. This article focuses on the system of adult education and illiteracy in Saudi Arabia and how it developed through the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. It also discusses the most important official plans to develop adult education and literacy such as the 20-year Plan. A brief history of adult education and literacy introduces how different adult education agencies have been created in Saudi Arabia. Each agency's vision, mission, and goals are covered as well as comparisons between them. The paper also reviews the innovative plans and strategies being used to enhance the awareness of the importance of adult education as well as some of the outcome of these innovations. Finally, it presents a brief overview of the role of higher education in supporting adult education in Saudi Arabia, and it discusses the recent university programs that provide graduate academic degrees in adult education. [For the full proceedings, see ED613257.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | ED613275 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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