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Direct linkSticht, Thomas G. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Philanthropists and policymakers sometimes opt to fund childhood education to "stop illiteracy at the source" at the expense of funding for adult literacy education. In 2000, "The New York Times" published an article about a gift of $100 million being given to schools in Mississippi to promote the teaching of reading to…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Lifelong Learning, Illiteracy
Peer reviewedKing, Judy; Taylor, Maurice C. – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2010
The purpose of this study was to investigate how Canadian adults living with limited literacy and chronic illness made meaning of their patient education experiences. The study used a hermeneutic phenomenological research design and employed three data sources over a nine-month period. Data was interpreted and analyzed as it was collected,…
Descriptors: Patient Education, Chronic Illness, Adult Literacy, Phenomenology
