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Ziegler, Mary F.; Davis, Dent C. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2008
Legislation over the past two decades has shaped the dominant view of adult literacy as addressing gaps in well-defined, measurable skills. As rural communities face unprecedented challenges, this one-size-fits-all view of adult literacy does not consider the unique local context of rural communities or involve those communities in defining their…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Basic Skills

Connor, M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This article considers bicycling as a means of transportation, not recreation, for individuals with low vision. Considered are evaluation of capabilities, watching for child cyclists, central and peripheral field loss, necessary equipment, potential problems, seasonal and weather considerations, night riding, route planning, basic visual skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Bicycling, Partial Vision, Traffic Safety
Greater Cleveland Communications Skills Study Group, OH. – 1985
The literacy problem in the Cleveland area and recommendations for dealing with it are presented in this booklet. Beginning with a definition of literacy and a discussion of the human costs and economic consequences of illiteracy, the booklet advocates reducing adult illiteracy, eliminating basic skills deficits, and improving communications…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Illiteracy, Literacy, Literacy Education
Duggan, Paula – 1985
This volume is part of a series that is designed to promote stronger ties between the educational resources in the Northeast and Midwest and the economic development process. The discussion identifies steps that businesses, education communities, and public policymakers can take to define literacy standards and raise basic competency levels in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economic Development
Adult Literacy: Programs, Planning, Issues, 1989
This document describes the British Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) because information on the ALBSU experience might be useful to planners working to establish a similar national literacy center in the United States. (The ALBSU was formed in London in the mid-1970s to support the BBC's television-based national adult literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Role, Basic Skills
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1988
This booklet provides guidelines for setting up workplace programs to strengthen employee basic skills. It is intended to help employers who are contemplating the establishment of basic skills training programs and those with programs already in place who seek to improve their current designs. Part I addresses the basic skills problem in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Education
Morton-Young, Tommie – 1995
Intended for use by community organizers, parent-child advocates, parents, teacher education programs, and field experience classes, this book discusses after-school programs designed to assist students in completing homework, aid youth in acquiring basic educational and social skills, and help their parents become more effective agents in their…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Basic Skills, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education
Mugerauer, Cynthia – 1984
This guide is designed to assist Texas Job Training Partnership Act program staff and Private Industry Council (PIC) members in developing quality local youth competency systems that reach beyond the state-established minimum criteria. Section I discusses background, purposes, and limitations of the document and cites additional sources of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
National Alliance of Business, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1992
This guide is designed to provide private industry councils (PICs) with information on developing workplace literacy or job-related basic skills programs. Chapter 1 contains an overview of the nation's literacy problem and how it affects business and is designed to provide PIC members with background information to use when discussing the problem…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Fields, Ernest L.; And Others – 1987
Nine industry-based adult literacy programs across the country were studied to identify exemplary training programs and practices that business and industry trainers, planners, and policymakers and individuals in the public education sector alike could replicate in designing adult literacy programs. Training programs offered by the following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Forlizzi, Lori; And Others – 1992
This user's guide for professionals using Project Lifelong Learning staff development modules is designed to accompany the documentary on lifelong learning in the community, one of three half-hour television documentary programs intended for broadcast and for general public discussion activities. It introduces the project, the purpose of which is…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Cooperation
Forlizzi, Lori; And Others – 1992
This user's guide for professionals using Project Lifelong Learning staff development modules is designed to accompany the documentary on lifelong learning in the family, one of three half-hour television documentary programs intended for broadcast and for general public discussion activities. It introduces the project, the purpose of which is to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Resources, Family Involvement
Thomas, Robert J.; And Others – 1991
This two-part manual is designed to assist employers who desire to retain, promote, or retrain their limited-English-proficient (LEP) workforce to meet the challenge of training and adaptation to job restructuring. This document contains manuals for both English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program developers and business/industry decision makers.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business, Check Lists, Cultural Awareness
1994
The Kentucky Education Reform Act established learning standards that were higher than those of previous educational systems. The main gauge for assessing how well students measure up to these standards is a statewide system that evaluates what students know and can do. In 1991, the Kentucky State Board for Elementary and Secondary Education…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Pinellas County School Board, Clearwater, FL. – 1992
This guide is designed to help facilitators tailor the Reach and Teach program to their clients' individual needs. Reach and Teach is a family literacy project designed to improve the parenting and basic skills of clients of family agencies in Pinellas County, Florida. The program emphasizes enhancing the parent's role as the child's nurturer and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Child Development, Family Literacy
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