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Women, Literacy and Action: A Handbook.
Breen, Mary, Ed. – 1991
This handbook, to be used in literacy instruction programs, particularly with women, contains six articles concerning women and literacy written by women in Ontario. The articles are the following: "Feminism and Literacy" (Naomi Garber, Jenny Horsman, and Tracy Westell); "Looking at 'Ism's': Visible Minority Women and Literacy"…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Displaced Homemakers
Literacy and Employment Training Program Participant Follow-Up. A Technical Assistance Guide. A Supplement to: Wider Opportunities: Combining Literacy and Employment Training for Women. A Program Model.
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Beck, Judy A. – 1990
This technical assistance guide suggests strategies for achieving success in all aspects of follow-up of literacy/employment training program participants. A brief section is devoted to the importance of setting standards for follow-up. The manual then discusses implementation strategies for each of the three aspects of follow-up: tracking for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Instructional Strategies & Resources for Literacy and Employment Training Programs. A Technical Assistance Guide. A Supplement to: Wider Opportunities: Combining Literacy and Employment Training for Women. A Program Model.
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Beck, Judy A. – 1990
This technical assistance guide contains information on adult learners and how they differ from learners who are children and the related program implications. The first section describes characteristics of adults that affect the attitudes adults bring to the classroom situation. These include bringing life experiences; having self-concept as a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
The ABLE Sampler. A Professional Development Guide for Adult Literacy Practitioners.
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Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 1991
This guide provides adult literacy practitioners with a sampling of 103 exemplary professional development resources. It is designed to address the broad needs and interests of adult literacy practitioners and is intended as a resource guide for out-of-field professionals, who are being called upon to perform adult literacy services. Books,…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Book Reviews
Funding for Literacy and Employment Training Programs. A Technical Assistance Guide. A Supplement to: Wider Opportunities: Combining Literacy and Employment Training for Women. A Program Model.
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Beck, Judy A. – 1990
This technical assistance guide contains information on sources to fund a comprehensive literacy component in an employment and training program. The section on public funding addresses federal and state funding, funding processes, and strictures on public funding. A section on private funding focuses on the two largest sources--foundations and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Cooperative Programs
Building Multi-Cultural Awareness--A Teaching Approach for Learner Centered Education.
Luttrell, Wendy – 1982
The Lutheran Settlement House Women's Program has offered many different avenues of personal exploration for more than 5,000 women in its Philadelphia neighborhood for 6 years. The women's program components include adult basic education classes, self-development workshops, a community-based degree-oriented college program, a bilingual crisis…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs