Describes adult education and community education programs throughout the nation designed to improve attitudes toward education in general and toward schools specifically. (Author/JM)

Presents a case study of a program to improve functional literacy among adult Indian villagers. In attempting to fit the program to local conditions, organizers encountered problems of curriculum design, enrollment fluctuation, teacher training and effectiveness, role conflicts, and in the placement of education centers. (AM)

The importance of critical reading skills is discussed. Motivation techniques and methods for adult instruction in analytical reading and thinking are suggested, together with ways for adult educators to evaluate their own teaching of critical reading skills. (SK)

Describes a study in which two media presentations, tape-slide and film, were evaluated in order to determine their relative cost-effectiveness when used as automated teaching aids for the mentally handicapped. Sixteen references are listed. (Author)

Describes a farmer training program developed in Peru using videotape recorders and audiovisual trainees. Courses are produced and given to rural people on topics such as dairy cattle husbandry, irrigation, potato growing, citrus production, and reclamation of saline soils. (Author/SA)

Reviews five commercially available tests of functional literacy and discusses two concerns related to the testing of functional literacy. (MKM)

Lists new instructional materials in reading according to title and publisher, type of material, reading difficulty, interest level, and skills developed. Information was submitted by publishers and no evaluation is made of materials. (MKM)

Summarizes the findings of a recent study, "Adult Illiteracy in the United States: A Report to the Ford Foundation." Incidence of reading difficulties, effectiveness of literacy programs, and the relationship of reading ability to poverty are some of the topics discussed. New community-based literacy initiatives are recommended. (SJL)

Describes Odessa College's adult basic education program which served over 2,500 adults in 17 Texas cities during 1975-76. Essential ingredients contributing to the success of the program are described. (JDS)

Discusses the preparation of teachers who will teach literacy to migrant workers in France. The basic requirement is that this preparation be interdisciplinary. (Text is in French.) (TL)

Contrasts the views of Chisman and Freire about the goals of adult literacy education. Demonstrates the valuable personal outcomes and contributions to the common good of literacy education. Suggests that literacy may be an intervening variable rather than a determining cause of public and personal enhancement. (SK)

Describes four aspects of a Mexican immigrant's life in the United States as he works on learning a new language. Describes Rafael as a hard-working employee, an active community member, an enquiring student, and a caring family man. Describes the Harvest America family reading program, the beginning English class curriculum, and Rafael's progress…

This article discusses the differences in providing special education services to adults and children with disabilities in Great Britain, including differences in terminology, identification and assessment, incidence, educational settings, and teachers. (CR)

Adult basic education fails to recognize fundamental differences between instructors and students whose native language is not English or whose home language is a nonstandard English dialect. Solutions include using the additive model of literacy development, using home languages first, and increasing understanding of linguistic minority groups.…

A literacy teacher discusses how she raised with her class the issues surrounding Pauline Hanson, an Australian Member of Parliament opposed to multiculturalism. She describes how she used the opportunity to discuss differences between fact and opinion, as well as racism. (SK)