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Manzo, Anthony V. – 1979
Teachers are faced with the problem of needing to do a better job of teaching the basics and the astrobasics (those skills needed to understand and respond to the complex bureaucratic demands of the space age, especially reading and filling in such forms as those required for class registration, student loans, and income tax preparation). At least…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Functional Literacy, Functional Reading
Commonwealth Inst., London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Antigua; (2) Bermuda; (3) India; (4) St. Kitts and Nevis; and (5) Turks and Caicos Islands. Charts and statistical data support each country's…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture
Commonwealth Inst., London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Botswana; (2) Namibia; and (3) Pakistan. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Nigeria; (2) St. Lucia; (3) Tanzania; and (4) Zimbabwe. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies
Download full textGeorge Washington Univ., Washington, DC. Inst. for Educational Leadership. – 1975
"Options in Education" is a radio news program which focuses on issues and developments in education. This transcript of the show contains discussions of college enrollment; standardized testing; hyperactivity in school children, the drugs given to these children, and the biochemical effects of artificial flavors and colors on…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Drug Therapy, Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Gomez, Gigi – 1999
The National Education Goals Panel has not met its goal of having every adult American literate by the year 2000. There are many adults who "slipped through the cracks," and have only rudimentary reading and writing skills. The large number of foreign born residents who do not have the necessary reading and writing skills to communicate…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England). – 1990
Commonwealth Ministries of Education were asked to report on how they are undertaking the improvement of the quality of basic education in their respective countries. The papers in this volume focus on: (1) Brunei Darussalam; (2) Canada; (3) Kenya; and (4) Uganda. Charts and statistical data support each country's report. (EH)
Descriptors: African Studies, Basic Skills, Canadian Studies, Comparative Education
Wallhaus, Robert A. – 1996
This paper provides an overview of the issues and challenges facing postsecondary education in workforce development in the states. Key questions of employer, learner, and government and public expectations are listed as a suggested starting point for discussions between state, education, and business leaders about strategies for addressing these…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Employer Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship
Farrell, Edmund J. – 1977
Designed to provide a context for English teachers' deliberations on what they should be teaching, this paper provides excerpts from 21 news items pertaining to significant educational and social events and trends. The news items deal with a wide range of topics, including the back-to-the-basics movement; the trend toward state-mandated programs…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Current Events, Educational Trends
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes a model for a literacy program proposed for the Rural Education Project at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. The program would target unemployed adults, at-risk youth and others in a seven-county target area whose lack of reading skills hampers their search for employment. The model calls for cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
