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Peer reviewedMaggio, Joseph B. – Journal of Reading, 1979
This parody of Coleridge's poem notes some of the problems involved in accepting federal funds for education. The governmental emphasis on innovational programs is given special treatment. (MKM)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Peer reviewedJacob, Kay – English Journal, 1982
Satirizes the teaching of basic skills in isolation and the placing of test results above true learning. (RL)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, English Curriculum, Futures (of Society)
Download full textBritish Columbia Buildings Corp., Victoria. – 1993
This publication contains 37 stories, vignettes, and poems written by participants in the British Columbia Buildings Corporation Workplace Language Program. The pieces center on family, work, people, and places and were written by people who decided to learn how to improve their language skills. They represent slices of employees' lives as they…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Creative Writing
Greater Erie Community Action Committee, PA. – 1993
A program of basic language/writing skills was designed to enhance the literacy levels of 24 multicultural seniors, aged 65 or older, who were recruited from senior centers throughout Erie County, Pennsylvania. Computer literacy and basic word processing skills were taught along with basic language/writing skills in a nonthreatening learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Literacy
