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Download full textBeverstock, Caroline; And Others – 1993
Adult functional illiteracy is estimated at more than 20 percent of the U.S. population and 12-19 percent of Indiana residents over age 25 (390,000 to 600,000 adults). In addition, high school dropouts and those who do not seek education past high school also need additional training. Functional illiteracy costs government and business through…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Needs, Educational Trends
IDRA Newsletter, 1995
This theme issue focuses on the need for adult literacy programs, as well as recent innovations in literacy education. "Adult Literacy and Leadership: Current Innovations" (Aurelio M. Montemayor) describes an adult literacy outreach program in Texas, and discusses the importance of family literacy for parents' involvement in their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Critical Thinking, Democracy
Tanguiane, Sema – International Yearbook of Education, 1990
This yearbook volume is devoted to the theme of literacy. By analyzing the present situation and the quantitative evolution of literacy and illiteracy in the world and by examining efforts to expand schooling and the provision of adult education, this volume studies the origins of illiteracy and the factors that encourage its reduction or its…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Developed Nations, Educational Improvement
Duke, Chris, Ed.; And Others – 1980
This issue of Asian South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education Courier Service focuses on communications within the region. The first paper discusses development and communication and the training needs for workers in these areas. The next two items briefly address how broadcasting for nonformal education is being approached in Indonesia, which…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations
Nossen, Robert J., Ed. – PAACE-SETTER, 1984
The bulk of this issue consists of five articles providing insight into various phases of adult continuing education. "The Meliorist Position as a Philosophic Base for Adult Education" (Gordon Clay Godbey) examines these questions about meliorism: should we accept as natural improvement of the human condition, the constant wars, the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1993
This set of 36 newsletters deals with adult literacy programs and issues of interest to the business and literacy communities. Each issue contains either a message to corporate chief executive officers or a Business Council for Effective Literacy (BCEL) editorial, and most issues include brief reports on recent BCEL and corporate literacy actions…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
