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Dave, R. H., Ed.; And Others – 1985
Many countries have recently launched massive programs to promote nation-wide adult literacy, but while these efforts have been commendable, it has been observed that neo-literates who acquire literacy through such programs have great difficulty in retaining it; hence an urgent need to develop suitable programs of post-literacy and continuing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education, Educational Media
Peer reviewedPastore, Judith Laurence – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 1990
Discussed is the contention that courses which use literature to teach young people about AIDS, if designed properly, can be more effective than sessions which merely preach to them and bombard them with horrifying statistics. Twenty books are described, as well as videotapes and appropriate music. (KR)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, College Science, Higher Education, Instructional Innovation
Download full textOnline Submission, 2005
There are at least 6,000--7,000 languages spoken in the world today, with over half of them endangered. And 61 percent of the endangered languages are within the Asia and Pacific Region. The publication is a report derived from the Regional (Asia and Pacific Region) Workshop on Mother Tongue/Bilingual Literacy Programs for Ethnic Minorities, held…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Workshops, Pilot Projects
