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Peer reviewedLehr, Fran – Journal of Reading, 1983
Examines factors contributing to the lack of effective literacy programs for adults. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Program Attitudes
Fitzgerald, Gisela G. – Lifelong Learning, 1984
Addresses the problem of why the millions of hard-core illiterate American adults are not being reached by adult basic education programs. Three factors are cited as frequent reasons for nonparticipation: (1) age, (2) satisfaction with present situation, and (3) poverty. (JOW)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Economically Disadvantaged
Kennedy, Katherine; Roeder, Stephanie – Journal of English Teaching Techniques, 1976
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Language Experience Approach, Language Skills
Adult Literacy in OECD Countries: Technical Report on the First International Adult Literacy Survey.
Download full textMurray, T. Scott; Kirsch, Irwin S.; Jenkins, Lynn B. – 1998
In December 1995, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and Statistics Canada jointly published the results of the first International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). For this survey, representative samples of adults aged 16 to 65 were interviewed and tested in their homes in Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Foreign Countries, International Studies
Peer reviewedRisman, Ann – English in Education, 1973
Describes one teacher's approach to teaching adults fundamental English language skills enabling them to pass the English "O" level exam. (TO)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, English Instruction
Thomas, Alan – Education Canada, 1973
Article discussed the Faure Report and what it should mean to Canadian educators. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Literacy, Children, Educational Development
Peer reviewedRQ, 1973
Thirty bibliographies of easy reading materials appropriate for adults are presented with full bibliographic information and a brief annotation. (SJ)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Bibliographies
Peer reviewedHewage, L. G. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Role, Comparative Education
Singh, Amrik – Journal of the International Congress of University Adult Education, 1972
Author discusses the role played by Indian universities, and suggests a re-ordering of priorities and objectives. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, College Role, Comparative Education
Peer reviewedSticht, Thomas G.; And Others – Reading Research Quarterly, 1972
Project REALISTIC, sponsored by the Department of the Army under contract with the Human Resources Research Organization (HumRRO), was designed to determine functional literacy levels for selected military jobs having civilian counterparts. (MM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Reading Ability, Reading Research
Peer reviewedDanoewidjojo, Soenarjono – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1972
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Comparative Education
Roca, Miguel Soler – UNESCO Courier, 1970
Describes UNESCO program experiments which relate literacy to the needs of the people in their everyday life. (DM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Educational Demand
Cass, Angelica W. – Educ Broadcasting Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Television, Illiteracy
Noor, Abdun – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
Discusses the factors which determine how well adult literacy campaigns succeed in developing countries. Political motivation, the scope of the program, organizational structure, educational resources, teacher characteristics, and the language of instruction are examined. Ten generalizations concerning the planning of effective literacy training…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Developing Nations
Peer reviewedLamorella, Rose Marie; And Others – Reading Horizons, 1983
Argues that a successful adult basic education program should recognize the differences between younger students and adults, provide a setting in which adults' dignity is not threatened, carefully diagnose each adult's needs, and prescribe and implement a program to meet those needs. (FL)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Functional Literacy
