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Lattke, Susanne – Convergence, 2007
The final documents adopted at CONFINTEA V in 1997 set out a variety of issues and challenges for the future development of adult education worldwide. The forthcoming CONFINTEA VI conference, due in 2009, will mark another milestone and provide an opportunity for the stocktaking of success stories and unresolved challenges, and for the development…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Reports, Educational Research
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Budweg, Peter; Schins, Marie-Therese – Convergence, 1991
A prison reading club can provide motivation to learn to read and write, reinforce conventional learning, and support individual development. The literate environment created is a tool for resocialization of incarcerated youth and young adults. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Institutions, Creative Writing, Foreign Countries
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Gomez, Sofia Valdivielso – Convergence, 2005
Traditionally women have been signified to be "for others", never for themselves. This conceptualisation is also present in the discourses about literacy. The traditional discourse justifies women's literacy based on the need to improve family health, well-being, educational access, and so on. Thus, it is seen as a tool for other ends…
Descriptors: Sex Role, Sex Fairness, History, Females