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Partridge, Susan – 1989
The following intergenerational literacy programs are described in this document: (1) a Boston University program that provides about 112 hours of training for work-study students who then work as tutors for adults; (2) a program that uses the paired reading technique to involve parents in the development of their children's reading in the United…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Foreign Countries
Download full textKerka, Sandra – 1991
Family and intergenerational literacy programs are intended to improve the literacy of educationally disadvantaged parents and children, based on the assumption that improving the literacy skills of parents results in better educational experiences for their children. A typology for classifying family literacy programs has two dimensions: type of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Context, Elementary Education, Family Literacy
