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Literacy Work | 6 |
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Oxenham, John | 1 |
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Literacy Work, 1975
This article is a brief review of Satellite ATS-F and the part it could play over Asia this year, bringing learning to illiterate adults in Indian Villages and hamlets. A bibliography is included. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communications Satellites, Developing Nations
Literacy Work, 1974
TEVEC, a television adult education experiment in Quebec Province, Canada, is described in a summary of Raymond Lallez's findings. Combining television instruction with correspondence courses, TEVEC can be a model for countries whose population is spread over a vast geographical area, contributing to social and economic isolation. (Nine appendixes…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Correspondence Study, Educational Innovation
Literacy Work, 1974
The article reports on progress towards lifelong literacy education in Pakistan, covering the project's introduction in 1972 and reviewing current activities in brief but concrete sketches of such topics as materials, operation of projects, and student drop-outs. Appendixes include a map and occupational breakdowns of teachers and students. (AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Literacy Work, 1974
The article reports on a pilot program designed to provide simultaneously an effective education in family life planning and improved training in literacy skills for Turkish adults, carried out by a non-profit making American organization. Curriculum design, teaching methods, and material aids are included, with research results. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Family Planning
Oxenham, John – Literacy Work, 1974
The author examines the effect of three factors (province or social milieu, curriculum, age of instructors) on the behavior attitude of adult students enrolled in a pilot project (family planning and literacy skills) in Turkey, described in the preceding article. (Author/AJ)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Students, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Literacy Work, 1976
The use of recording technology in teaching basic literacy is justified based on a cassette reading program designed for the Tausug language of Sulu, the Republic of the Philippines. (WL)
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Educational Radio, Educational Technology, Foreign Countries