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Illiteracy and the Scope of the Problem in This Country. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session.

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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1982

This document contains a Congressional hearing on the scope of the problem of adult and juvenile illiteracy and programs that are attempting to meet the problem. Testimony includes statements, prepared statements, letters, and supplemental materials from individuals representing the Department of Education; National Institute of Education;…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs

Report on the Fight against Illiteracy.

Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). – 1989

The member countries of the Commission of European Communities carried out various programs to combat illiteracy in their countries. The activities can be grouped in six areas: (1) adaptation of teaching to overcome the learning difficulties of disadvantaged pupils; (2) reconsideration and development of the objectives of language skills at the…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs

Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy. Volume 1. The Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series.

Comings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – 2000

This book contains eight papers on adult learning and literacy. "The Year 1998 in Review" (Fran Tracy-Mumford) examines educational legislation and policy and developments in adult education program development, program accountability, strategic alliances and partnerships, and instructional methodologies and technologies. "Lessons…

Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Adult Education, Adult Learning