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Download full textMurphy, Garrett; Johnson, Alice – 1998
A study was conducted to determine what was happening in literacy programs as a result of the major welfare reform law passed in 1996, and whether basic skills instruction was part of the solution. A nationwide search for exemplary programs that are using basic skills instruction as a fundamental component of assisting welfare recipients in moving…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Mansbach, Sara Currie – 1993
The program goal of family literacy is to use early intervention to break the cycle of illiteracy perpetuated by parents' undereducation. This paper describes family literacy as a dropout prevention strategy that should be most heavily concentrated on the prenatal through 8-year-old child; a child ready for school is less likely to become a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Badway, Norena; Grubb, W. Norton – 1997
This first volume of a sourcebook presents a framework for identifying best practices of integrating career preparation into the community college. An introduction identifies seven domains of competency critical for postsecondary students: foundation academic competencies, education for citizenship, job specific/technical skills, career…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Career Education, Career Exploration
Rodenstein, Judith, Ed.; Lambert, Roger, Ed. – 1982
This document is a collection of 46 papers concerning the use of microcomputers in vocational education. Most of the papers relate hands-on experiences that vocational educators in various parts of the country have had with microcomputers in vocational education subjects, while others include suggested ways of coping with computer introduction,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Basic Skills, Business Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
Packer, Arnold C.; Brainard, Scott – 2003
Foremost among efforts over the last decade to improve the work-related skills required of all young people to meet the demands of American's workplaces was the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills Commission (SCANS). Integral to SCANS were its three-part foundation (basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities) and these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Ott, Joyce A. – 2001
This document introduces community leaders and practitioners to innovative approaches to improving workforce literacy by building accessible lifelong learning systems to prepare adults with the array of skills needed to prosper in the new economy. The introduction defines literacy and workforce literacy and outlines the challenges that education,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
