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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – International Review of Education, 2025
Literacy is widely acknowledged as a necessary 21st-century skill, particularly for adult learners. However, continued low academic achievement among adult basic literacy learners remains a global concern. This study aimed to address the challenge of limited application of literacy in daily life among adult learners by examining the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Students, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education
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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – European Journal of Education, 2025
This study explores the effectiveness of social practice approach by integrating social practices along with modern teaching strategies, and teacher training to address the challenge of low academic achievement among adult learners in basic literacy programs. For a 4-month experiment, two of a metropolitan city's fourteen adult literacy centres…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Adult Literacy
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Sidra Noreen; Zafar Iqbal – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2025
In Pakistan, adult literacy programs are designed to empower individuals for personal, familial, and societal development; however, these programs continue to struggle with persistently low participation rates. This study uses a descriptive qualitative approach to explore the underlying factors contributing to this issue. Forty-five participants,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs