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Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Tizita Lemma Melka; Yeraswork Megersa Bedada; Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu – Online Submission, 2021
This study report is part of a larger research programme, the Global Research Translation Award: Meeting the SDGs: creating innovative infrastructures and policy solutions to support sustainable development in Global South communities. The University of East Anglia's (UEA) Global Research Translation Award (GRTA) sets out to help tackle health,…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Populations, Sustainable Development
Akello, Judith Abal; Bohlinger, Sandra – Online Submission, 2021
The study was about women's opportunity for socio-economic development based on their experiences on Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) and integrated vocational training in Apac District-Northern Uganda. The main objective of this study was to explore whether and how women participants in Apac District derived socio-economic benefits from FAL as…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Adult Literacy, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries
Tizita Lemma Melka; Turuwark Zalalam Warkineh; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Yeraswork Megerssa Bedada; Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu – Online Submission, 2022
This policy brief is produced by UEA UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation at Bahir Dar University, as part of impact activities for "Family Literacy, Indigenous Learning and Sustainable Development: Proof of Concept Pilot" Project. This work was supported by University of East Anglia's Global Research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Intergenerational Programs, Family Literacy
Terry, Marion – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative, ethnographic case study was to compare the experiences of stakeholders connected to adult high schools and adult literacy programs in Manitoba, Canada. This is an important study, because it gathered information about providing educational services to adults who have dropped out of school. The researcher used…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Adult Education, High Schools, Adult Literacy
DeMott-Quigley, Megan – Online Submission, 2018
This paper documents a year in the life of an ESOL adult literacy teacher. It is a work of narrative inquiry, an examination of reflective teaching in action. As such, it includes commentary on the cycle of observation, reflection, research, and action. In particular, this narrative examines the relationship between literacy practice and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
Göçer, Ali – Online Submission, 2016
The purpose of this research is to provide an overview of adult literacy within the framework of lifelong learning in Turkey. Triangulation technique is applied with the approach of qualitative research, and within this framework, document review, interviews and observations were made. The research was carried out in a workgroup. These working…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lifelong Learning, Adult Literacy, Educational Benefits
Ellis, Marsha L. – Online Submission, 2012
The purpose of this paper is to identify the social stigmas that are placed on the illiterate that would stimulate thoughts and create dialogue that would enable people to critically think about how being illiterate is viewed in America. This paper is intended to possibly transform or alter the opinions of the mainstream supporters regarding the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Access to Education, Democratic Values
Fike, Geraldine C. – Online Submission, 2012
The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Survey (HCAHPS) is a standardized survey instrument used by many hospitals for the purpose of measuring patient's perspectives regarding care received during their hospitalization. The survey provides national benchmark information enabling consumers to make comparisons of…
Descriptors: Mail Surveys, Telephone Surveys, Comparative Analysis, Hospitals
Saah, Albert Amoah – Online Submission, 2013
The promotion of adult functional literacy programs per se, neither creates the necessary motivation for learning, nor enhances the participation of adult learners in work-oriented or socio-cultural functional literacy programs. The task in learning-teaching transaction is to create the enabling environment for harnessing and enhancing…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Statistical Analysis
Gafoor, K. Abdul; PG, Jayasudha – Online Submission, 2011
This paper discusses the need for new model and approach to solve the problem of illiteracy of the most backward section of the society-women among scheduled and other backward classes. The empirical support for the study is testing, interview and observation conducted on the present status of 100 from among 1,500 adult learners who attended a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Adult Literacy, Reading Programs
Weih, Timothy G.; Shaffer, Jennifer – Online Submission, 2013
What can family members learn about each other from writing together? What sense of community can develop between family members and across families as they write together? What areas of culture and community can be realized as families write together? These are the questions that fostered this current inquiry into a family writing project. Four…
Descriptors: Childrens Writing, Writing (Composition), Writing Processes, Family Literacy
Li, Xiaofan – Online Submission, 2011
Adult literacy is a long-lasting issue in modern US and adult literacy education often falls off the radar of the support system for education. This study examined and synthesized extensive literature relevant to adult literacy education with a focus on minorities in the US. It identified progresses and challenges in three major issues in adult…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Adult Literacy, Minority Groups, Adult Basic Education
Regmi, Kapil Dev – Online Submission, 2011
Nepal is a multilingual country with low adult literacy rate (about 57% in 2008). Through different policy documents and motivation from some of the transnational organizations such as UNESCO, Nepal is on the process of adopting lifelong learning perspective as a major educational policy. In this context the article raises two issues: how to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Lifelong Learning, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy
Coutinho, Colin – Online Submission, 2008
This paper will review the article entitled, "Shopping {For} Power: How Adult Literacy Learners Negotiate" [EJ756994] by authors Julie L. Ozanne, Natalie Ross Adkins, and Jennifer A. Sandlin. The authors argue that functional literacy in the United States is an important issue and needs to play a larger role in adult literacy programs.…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Adult Literacy, Interviews, Observation
Menefee, Trey; Bray, Mark – Online Submission, 2012
This report was produced for the 2012 Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers meeting in Mauritius. Its main purpose is to track the historical progress and likelihood of attainment of Education For All and education-specific Millennium Development Goals while also critically reviewing the methods used to track this progress. The analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Development
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