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Owoc, Paul, Ed. – Reporting on Reading, 1979
Focusing on what is being done to help adult nonreaders or poor readers, this publication offers suggestions for ways educators might keep informed about literacy efforts and teaching techniques. It contains reports on current efforts by governmental and private agencies to eliminate adult illiteracy, successful features of various literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Legislation
Eddy, David, Ed.; Garb, Gill, Ed. – World Education Reports, 1989
This issue, the second in a three-part series leading up to International Literacy Year in 1990, examines innovative mass efforts that reach out to the large numbers of people who have been bypassed by traditional approaches. The eight articles are the following: (1) "Towards an Agenda for Literacy" (H. S. Bhola) reports on developing an…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Cruzada, Elizabeth, Ed. – ASPBAE Courier, 1995
This issue contains an editorial, "Empowering Women through Education" (Elizabeth Cruzada), and eight articles. "Women and Education" (Swarna Jayaweera) presents the status of women and girls' education in Asia vis-a-vis the goals set in the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies. "Education Reforms and Development of Chinese…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations
ASPBAE Courier, 1994
This theme issue contains 10 articles related to core issues of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in March 1995. "Social Summit, People, and Education" (Om Shrivastava) addresses the summit's focuses: elimination of poverty, reduction of unemployment, and social integration. "Education for All by the Year…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Developing Nations, Development, Elementary Secondary Education
NIFL News, 1997
This issue of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) News is devoted to "Equipped for the Future" (EFF), the organization's long-term collaborative initiative for system reform. The newsletter contains the testimony of people who have been involved in the process over the past 2 years, speaking of the promise they see in EFF. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs
Hohn, Marcia Drew – Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports, 1997
This report explores one avenue for health education and promotion for audiences with low literacy levels: embedding empowerment health education directly in adult literacy programs. This approach emerged through participatory action research (PAR). The four sections correspond to the four questions around which the PAR process organizes the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
ALBSU: Adult Literacy & Basic Skills Unit, 1990
The four 1990 issues of the Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) Newsletter are gathered in this packet. The newsletters are published quarterly by the ALBSU for persons teaching in adult literacy, English as a Second Language, and basic skils programs; for persons responsible for funding and organizing such programs; and for those who are…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
Gayfer, Margaret, Ed. – Convergence, 1987
The following papers are included: "Seminar's Focus on Practice Puts Action on the Human Level" (Margaret Gayfer); "Literacy: What Do Definitions Tell Us?" (Carman Hunter); "The Practice of Literacy in the Netherlands" (Ella Bohnenn); "The Approach of Popular Literacy Groups in Quebec" (Louise Miller); "Perspectives and Lessons from the Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Developed Nations
Bulletin of the Unesco Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 1987
This bulletin issue contains articles and observations about continuing education for adults in various countries of Asia and the Pacific. Articles from five experts in continuing education and/or related areas in four countries in the region make up the first section. The experts are from (1) Sri Lanka (D. A. Perera); (2) Australia (Geoffrey…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Continuing Education, Delivery Systems
International Literacy Year 1990, 1990
The twelve issues of the newsletter of the International Task Force on Literacy, spanning the two-year period from October 1988 to October 1990 (constituting a complete set), contain articles on the following: existing and emerging literacy programs in Canada, Uganda, the United States, the Soviet Union, the Caribbean region, and Zambia;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Bilingualism, Educational Needs
BCEL Brief, 1993
This brief describes 14 national technical assistance organizations for work force and workplace literacy. Descriptions contain these types of information: specific areas of expertise, experience, or specialization; types of organizations with which it has worked; types of programs or services offered; geographic areas served; and clients. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Job Skills
Basic Skills in the Hotel & Food Service Industries. Workforce & Workplace Literacy Series. Revised.
BCEL Brief, 1993
This report contains a list of 21 contacts and 9 references concerned with workplace literacy programs in the hotel and food service industries. Each listing includes addresses and telephone numbers, prices if applicable, and a brief description of the resource or materials. The materials listed are mostly reports of workplace literacy projects in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citations (References), Education Work Relationship
Duguid, Stephen, Ed. – 1989
This yearbook contains conference papers, commissioned papers, reprints of earlier works, and research-in-progress. They offer a retrospective view as well as address the mission and perspective of correctional education, its international dimension, correctional education in action, and current research. Papers include "Correctional Education and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Correctional Education, Educational Benefits
Lytle, Susan L.; And Others – Literacy Practitioner, 1994
This issue contains five articles about assessment in adult literacy programs. The first article, "Living Literacy: Rethinking Adult Learner Assessment" (Susan L. Lytle), focuses on developing alternative forms of assessment such as literacy portfolios to identify changes in four dimensions of adult literacy over the course of literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
BCEL Brief, 1993
This report contains a list of 5 contacts, 12 research reports and studies, 4 publications in program planning and administration, and 16 curriculum materials in the field of family literacy. Each listing includes addresses and telephone numbers, prices if applicable, and a brief description of the resource or materials. The materials listed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citations (References), Curriculum Development