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Participatory Literacy Practices: Exploring Social Identity and Relations.
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Campbell, Pat – Adult Basic Education, 1996
Interviews with staff and students of five Alberta literacy programs about their participatory practices elicited three themes: student representation, from silence into speech, and working across differences. The way social identity played a role in power relations between literacy workers and students must be addressed for true student…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Power Structure
Evaluating Adult Literacy Programs at the Community Provider Level.
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Benseman, John; Sutton, Alison – Adult Basic Education, 1999
Details the design and implementation of a rolling review process for community-based adult literacy programs. Describes four steps: documentation to become "review ready," collection of feedback from participants and key informants, site visit by reviewers, and use of the evaluation report as a planning tool. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Organizations, Community Programs, Foreign Countries
The Reading Strategies of Adult Basic Education Students.
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Campbell, Pat; Malicky, Grace – Adult Basic Education, 2002
Adult literacy students (n=344) read, retold, and answered questions about two narrative and/or expository passages. Miscue analysis revealed few differences across nine reading levels. Results of the three tasks indicate adults at all stages of literacy development make effective use of their knowledge as they read. An integrated, spiral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Foreign Countries
On Literacy Legislation.
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Quigley, B. Allan; Craig, Charles W. – Adult Basic Education, 1992
"In Quest of the Quick Fix: Staff Development in the 'National Literacy Training Act'" (Quigley) argues that professional development programs must consider "literacy for what?""Foundations for Adult Learning and Development Policy" (Craig) evaluates a policy document of the Alberta Advanced Education Ministry. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Educational Legislation
Perceptions of Adult Literacy Learners about Themselves and Their Lives.
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Malicky, Grace V.; Norman, Charles A. – Adult Basic Education, 1996
Adult literacy students (n=94) were interviewed upon program entry; follow-up interviews with 69 were conducted over 3 years. They perceived positive cognitive, psychological, and social changes from participation, especially initially. Increased school demands and minimal social support made some less positive about themselves by the end of their…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change, Foreign Countries
A Critical Analysis of Literacy Practice in Botswana.
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Maruatona, Tonic – Adult Basic Education, 2002
The effectiveness of adult literacy education in Botswana is limited by centralization, lack of teacher and learner input, and the national literacy campaign's conventional rather than transformative approach. A critical approach that involves learners in planning, uses native languages, and enables teachers to select materials can better achieve…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Centralization, Critical Theory, Foreign Countries
On Literacy Legislation. Reflections on the Movement for Canadian Literacy's "Organizing Adult Literacy and Basic Education in Canada." New Myths for the 90's: Workplace Literacy and Free Trade.
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Craig, Charles W.; Quigley, B. Allan – Adult Basic Education, 1992
Craig raises concerns about the Movement for Canadian Literacy's proposal in terms of jurisdictional and organization issues regarding literacy and government role. Quigley examines the notion that workplace literacy is a panacea for economic development and warns of dangers in a major shift of funding to this form of literacy. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Economic Development, Foreign Countries