This program, included in "Effective Reading Programs...," serves predominantly Spanish-speaking and low-income people in a small Mexican-American community of about 3500. Begun in 1968, the program is designed to teach English as a second language along with concomitant values of better home and community life, as well as health and…

Guidelines are given for expanding library hours so that disadvantaged adults may use library facilities and services on nights and weekends. There are discussions of cost, staffing, security problems, and publicity. Shifting library, bookmobile, and special programs to different hours; moving some programs outside the library; and special…

This document briefly surveys innovative approaches to hiring and job training which are being used by a number of industrial firms. The author's premise is that there are as many jobs as there are unemployed, and therefore that the basic problem is undereducation of available manpower rather than a need for the creation of new jobs.…

This guide outlines guidance and counseling services in adult basic education (ABE) while providing a structure on which to conduct counselor inservice training. Relationships with ABE teachers and administrators are considered first. Also covered are implementation of the curriculum, functions of the New York State Employment Service, ABE…

This study is concerned with the following topics on adult student attendance at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) during the 1969-70 academic year: student background, reason for attendance, enrollment in programs or courses, academic success, evidence of personal and occupational development. The report is based on the useable…

Quebec's history of adult education dates back to informal groups among the early settlers, and has been a continuing tradition since that time. Various groups -- social and religious organizations, labor unions, and societies established specifically to foster education -- have sponsored programs such as night schools and correspondence courses.…

This document summarizes and highlights the main findings of a large scale research project concerned with the problem of innovation dissemination in adult basic education (ABE) providing an abbreviated, non-technical account of the research and pointing up the implications of the findings for policy decision-making at the State and national…

A summary of data on adult basic education (ABE) is presented. The information was compiled from the annual program report submitted by each State or other area. The report is divided into two sections: (1) a review of ABE, for fiscal years 1967-1971; and (2) data for fiscal year 1971. (CK)

In-service education of Adult Basic Education (ABE) instructional staff by the unit of the school system or other institution that sponsors the ABE program is the focus of this monograph. The four interrelated purposes of the monograph are: (1) to present a general framework that planners can use in developing in-service education, using basic…

The complete instructional process in Adult Basic Education (ABE), focusing upon the teacher specifically, is examined, with special attention being given to the decisions surrounding the planning of instruction. This monograph discusses the process of goal refinement from major goals to program objectives to instructional objectives, analyzes the…

The emerging role of paraprofessionals in Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs is discussed. A definition is provided of the term paraprofessional, and a brief description is given of the typical person who assumes that role. Certain unique contributions of a paraprofessional to ABE programs and the task of recruiting paraprofessionals are…

A questionnaire and on the site survey was made of the state funded adult basic education (ABE) programs in Massachusetts to determine whether they were meeting the needs of the eligible population. Data were gathered from a sample of ABE administrators, teachers, counselors, and students and statistically analyzed. In addition an ABE…

Traditional literacy and functional literacy programs in Africa are discussed in their various aspects. Emphasis is given to the practical side of the problems, and some guidelines for action are suggested. The illiteracy rate in Africa is shown to be 50% to 80% of the population. The various methods that have been used to teach reading are…

The study is a second year-end report (Phase I) of the JOBS NOW project, based in Chicago, which operates on the 'hire now, train later' concept. The project consisted of four components: brief job orientation (two weeks) for disadvantaged youth; business, industry, labor, and agencies working together to employ the disadvantaged; the provision of…

First Chance was a demonstration project designed to aid prison inmates in making the transfer from prison to a useful life in society. In this project, two groups of 180 inmates each were tested, evaluated, and selected for prevocational and vocational training in auto-body repair, automobile mechanics, bricklaying, carpentry, electrical…