The Functional Literacy Walking Teachers: A Decade of Experience.

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ERIC Number: EJ356457

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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The Functional Literacy Walking Teachers: A Decade of Experience.

ASPBAE Courier, n40 p22-35 Jul 1987

Describes the "Walking Teachers" program in Thailand, developed to bring functional literacy to all adults in the community where they live. The walking teachers have three functions: (1) teaching adult functional literacy, (2) overseeing nonformal educational activities, and (3) coordinating rural development activities in general. (CH)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Itinerant Teachers, Nontraditional Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Thailand

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