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Rural Adult Literacy in a Community Context: From the Margin to the Mainstream

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Ziegler, Mary F.; Davis, Dent C. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008

Legislation over the past two decades has shaped the dominant view of adult literacy as addressing gaps in well-defined, measurable skills. As rural communities face unprecedented challenges, this one-size-fits-all view of adult literacy does not consider the unique local context of rural communities or involve those communities in defining their…

Descriptors: Rural Areas, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Basic Skills

Adult Literacy and Numeracy: Research and Future Strategy. An Adult Literacy National Project Report

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Perkins, Kate – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2009

From 2002 to 2006 the Australian Government funded the Adult Literacy Research Program (ALRP), which was managed by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The NCVER commissioned two projects to reflect on the research undertaken through the program. The first, the Adult Literacy Resource, brings together the key messages in…

Descriptors: Research Projects, Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy

Where Stands the Republic? Illiteracy: A Warning and a Challenge to the Nation's Press. A Report, with Recommendations to the American Newspaper Publishers Association and the American Society of Newspaper Editors.

Kozol, Jonathan – 1986

Approximately 25 million adults are currently reading below the fifth-grade level, and another 35 to 40 million adults read between the fifth- and eighth-grade levels. This is particularly significant for the American press inasmuch as the average daily newspaper is written at a minimum of a ninth-grade reading level. A number of unexamined…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Business Responsibility, Change Strategies

Literacy in Historical Perspective.

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Resnick, Daniel P., Ed. – 1983

The result of a conference bringing historians and educators together with government officials to learn about current literacy research and to discuss research needs, this book presents eight conference papers. Topics covered include (1) the spread of literacy, (2) the impact of the printing press on current attitudes toward literacy, (3) the…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Educational History

Formation of the Literacy Coalition of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. A "How-to" Guide for Small Urban Communities. Developed July 1, 1984-June 30, 1985.

Smith, Beverly J.; Carl, Linda S. – 1985

This report describes the formation of the Literacy Coalition of Harrisburg, which sought to allow for the pooling of resources, elimination of service duplication, and establishment of a referral system. Chapter I focuses on activities prior to submitting a grant proposal and includes correspondence. Chapter II covers writing and submitting the…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Illiteracy

ABE Volunteer Recruitment Handbook.

Sawyer, Douglas – 1984

This handbook is intended to help Adult Basic Education (ABE) volunteers in recruiting students for ABE programs. General information on the College of the Albemarle and on continuing education programs appears first. A glossary of adult learning terminoloqy and a brief history of ABE follow. The next section discusses four basic recruitment…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students

Measuring Up 2008: The State Report Card on Higher Education. Alaska

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National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2008

The purpose of a state report card is to provide the general public and policymakers with information to assess and improve post secondary education in each state. "Measuring Up 2008" is the fifth in a series of biennial report cards that evaluates states in six overall performance categories: (1) Preparation for post-secondary education…