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Direct linkTuruwark Zalalam Warkineh; Abiy Menkir Gizaw; Tizita Lemma Melka; Yeraswork Megerssa Bedada; Ermiyas Tsehay Birhanu – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2025
Although Traditional Ethiopian Orthodox Church Education (TCE) has been involved in literacy teaching for over two millennia, its potential as a model and an asset for adult literacy programmes has not been recognised by literacy providers. This paper examines how people of different generations acquire and practise literacy within TCE, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intergenerational Programs, Indigenous Populations, Christianity
Lakes, Richard D.; Lewis, Linda H. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
The Literacy Improvement Needs Collaboration in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was assisted by African-American ministers from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance in recruiting adults from the community for a literacy program and 50 volunteers to serve as tutors and community liaisons. Some of the stigma of illiteracy was alleviated by using…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Blacks, Church Programs
Download full textConnecticut Coalition for Literacy. – 1990
A 2-year demonstration project called Literacy Improvement Needs Collaboration (LINC) was conducted in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to stimulate greater minority participation in local literacy programs. Project LINC's overall goal was to increase participation of adult students and tutors from the black community by using two general strategies:…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Community, Blacks
Johnson Foundation, Inc., Racine, WI. – 1987
This document reports on a conference that addressed the involvement of the National Council of Churches of Christ/USA in literacy education in North America, at which literacy program participants, national leaders in literacy education, church leaders, and international literacy delegates described their successes and struggles. The first…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
BCEL Newsletter for the Business Community, 1984
The major adult basic skills programs in the country are reaching about 5 percent of adults needing help with their basic skills. All are identifiable entities with their own organizational pattern, funding base, and goals. There is an increasing degree of cooperation among them. The federal Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program is the largest…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Churches
Ryan, Jenny L., Comp. – 1989
This annotated bibliography is a practical, working bibliography of core resources pertinent to libraries for the development of adult or young adult new reader literacy collections. The contents include: (1) General Literacy Background Resources; (2) Library Literacy Background Resources; (3) Resources to Aid in the Development of an Adult New…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Churches, Community Programs
