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Direct linkPadak, Nancy D.; Bardine, Bryan A. – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2004
Too often adult literacy programs seem based on the assumption that, if learners work hard on skills for six months, they will have "acquired" literacy, as though it is a set of skills adults can "get" from a tutor (Kazemek, 1985). One study of 20 adult literacy classes in eight U.S. states found basic (not higher level) skills the predominant…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Student Attitudes
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1979
The instructional materials for inservice teacher education that are described here focus on five different approaches to teaching reading--phonetics, multisensory, linguistic, language experience, and sight. The program stresses that no one approach is best for all children. This descriptive report provides information on the purposes and content…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Namde, Joyce Winchel; Hellman, Linda – 1986
The Pima County Adult Education project undertook a demonstration project to provide English-as-a-Second Language (ESL) instruction to students with little or few reading skills. The project's objectives were to: enroll at least 20 students; provide 3 hours of literacy instruction weekly for at least 12 weeks in each of 2 sessions; document…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials
