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Download full textMcKenna, Rosa; Fitzpatrick, Lynne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
This document summarizes an extensive study of policies and practices in adult literacy and adult basic education in a number of countries undertaken by Rosa McKenna and Lynne Fitzpatrick. The original study contains considerably greater detail and analyses issues on a country-by-country basis. The countries studied--Canada, the Republic of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Development, Quality Control, Adult Literacy
McKenna, Rosa; Fitzpatrick, Lynne – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2004
The aim of this report was to analyze, through a desktop audit, international trends in adult literacy policy and programs. The audit includes an examination of the significant research undertaken, and policy statements made by international institutions such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Vocational Education, Educational Policy
Abell, Sue – 1994
This handbook, which is designed for use by tutors involved in teaching adults to spell, contains information about the main techniques for teaching spelling, basic spelling programs, ways of integrating spelling in writing, and useful resources. Presented in the first section are 26 items of basic information about such aspects of spelling and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dictation, Foreign Countries
Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; Draper, James A., Ed. – 1989
This book, intended to serve as a professional reference work, proposes to define the field of Adult Basic Education in its evolution, its contribution to professional education, and the principal problems and issues. The volume contains the following treatises: "Definitions and Evolution of the Concepts" (Thomas); "Selected…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Community Development
PDF pending restorationHautecoeur, Jean-Paul, Ed. – 1992
This collection contains 17 papers presented at a seminar on literacy strategies in the community movement, held in Namur, Belgium, in 1991. The following papers are included: "Introduction" (Hautecoeur); "Illiteracy: Direction? Action? Results?" (Hautecoeur); "Basic Education and Personal Development Strategies"…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Shohet, Linda, Ed. – Literacy across the CurriculuMedia Focus, 2000
This volume presents articles and information to support and improve literacy practices in schools, the community, and the workplace. Selected article titles are as follows: "Reaching Learners Where They Are" (Linda Shohet); "The Learners' Wall: Experiences in the Health Care System"; "In-Sites: A Study in Workforce…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Annotated Bibliographies
Holland, Chris, Ed.; Frank, Fiona, Ed.; Caunt, Jaine Chisholm, Ed. – 2001
This document is the course book of an accredited 3-day professional development course for qualified basic skills tutors in the United Kingdom who are interested in working in workplace settings. The course materials are organized into 17 sections grouped into 4 units as follows: (1) general concepts of workplace language, literacy, and numeracy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
