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Peer reviewedConvergence: An International Journal of Adult Education, 1987
Discusses the issue of adult literacy in Ireland and the efforts that have been made to increase the literacy rate. Describes the National Adult Literacy Agency, established to respond to the literacy needs of adults in Ireland. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adults, Foreign Countries
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Direct linkVaughan, Gretta – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2004
It would be easy to forget at this point, given that Adult Literacy has attained a status and respectability within the Adult Education sector previously undreamt of, that it was once a movement, campaigning on a platform of human rights. This article discusses adult literacy's past and present from the perspective of the Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Basic Education, Institutional Role
