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L'alphabetisation et les jeunes (Youth and Literacy). English Translation. Roundtable Conducted at the National Colloquium, L'alphabetisation des adultes: questions et options (Adult Literacy: Questions and Options) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 17-20, 1991).
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Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on illiteracy among young people (aged 16-30) in Canada. The discussion centered mainly on French-speaking Canadians and school dropouts. Panelists declared that the present adult literacy education system focuses on adults and that young people cannot fit into that system.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Literacy for Youth: Programs, Problems and Perspectives. Proceedings of the Youth Literacy Forum (Melbourne, Australia, July 30, 1999).
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Sanguinetti, Jill, Ed.; Jones, Myfanwy, Ed. – 2000
These proceedings document some of the work and the stories of literacy teachers who work with youth outside the school system and help to paint the educational and policy context of their work. "Professionalism and Passion: A Report on Teachers Working with the Literacy Needs of Unemployed Youth" (Beverley Campbell) introduces the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Developed Nations, Dropout Programs