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Butler, Sheila – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses the need for adult literacy programs and ways in which public libraries may commit their resources to fighting illiteracy. Increased use of library technicians to act as liaison between students, tutors, and the library is advocated as a means of personalizing and enhancing programs. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books
Rudd, Rima E.; Colton, Tayla; Schacht, Robin – 2000
This report presents results from a computer-assisted search of the medical and public health literature published between 1990-99 that addressed literacy issues in health care and in health promotion education. Following a brief introduction on the subject of health and literacy, the literature search methods are described and the choice of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
Reddy, Lynn; Green, Susan – 2000
This report proposes a plan of action to help the United States meet its literacy challenges. Section 1 is a call to action that emphasizes the challenge posed by the 1993 National Adult Literacy Survey that found more than 40 million adults--over a fifth of the adult population--have low literacy skills. Section 2 presents literacy as a national…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Finance

Pattanayak, D. P. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1979
States that 99 percent of India's education budget is spent on formal education, which is not relevant to the needs of most Indians whose many languages and socioeconomic conditions require the traditional nonformal methods. Sharply criticizes others' emphasis on "elitist" imposition of uneconomic, one-language, formal educational…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Cultural Influences, Economic Development

Tresserras, R.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Studies the ecological association of infant mortality rate (IM) with per capita income (PI) and prevalence of adult illiteracy (AI) using 103 countries as units of analysis. The association of IM and PI shows slight, but nonsignificant improvement, between 1960 and 1982. AI remains a good predictor of IM. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Economically Disadvantaged

Stites, Regie; Semali, Ladislaus – Comparative Education Review, 1991
The current economic development orientation of rural adult literacy education policy in China and Tanzania represents a break with earlier socialist commitments to social equity. These parallel policy shifts in China and Tanzania have been influenced by diverse political and economic factors, both internal and external. Contains 36 references.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Principal Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific. – 1994
This publication contains materials from a workshop organized to help its participants understand and apply the concept of learning centers. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 consists of two presentations: "Literacy and Continuing Education for Improvement of Quality of Life in Asia and the Pacific" and an explanation of the World…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Centers, Community Education
Cuellar, Sylvia; Owens, Peggy – 1991
This document chronicles the events that took place and materials that were developed to assist the Texas Agricultural Extension Service faculty in its literacy program. Section I on program development includes minutes of the literacy task force and the literacy initiative team that describe how the literacy program was conceived and evolved; a…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Church Programs
Aspeslagh, Robert, Ed.; van den Berg, Jannie, Ed. – 1991
This reader on literacy provides a clear account of the major perspectives on literacy and adult education through 20 papers divided into three categories. An introduction provides an overview of the content of the papers. Part 1, "Issues," contains seven papers: "Literacy: Access to Power" (Dijkstra); "Development and the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations

Literacy/Alphabetisation, 1992
"Literacy/Alphabetisation" is the Journal of the Movement for Canadian Literacy. Each issue appears in an English version and a separate French version. This document consists of the four issues comprising Volume 15, with the French issue immediately following the corresponding English issue. Each issue begins with Notes from the Editor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1990
The Adult Education for the Homeless programs implemented by the states followed one of four approaches. The Development/Capacity-Building approach emphasized program structure and model-building. The Urban Focus approach was tailored to reach the maximum number of students. The Services to Women approach tried to meet women's special needs. A…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Zakaluk, Beverley L. – 1991
The first phase of Book Bridges, an English-as-a-Second Language literacy project for immigrant women and their children, was evaluated. Fifteen clients completed the first 10-week, 60-hour program designed to increase English vocabularies, give clients opportunities to express ideas in English, and provide a framework for facilitating…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Family Literacy
Dutson-Mallory, Cate; Bernhardt, Stephen – 1991
This coursebook contains materials for a course to help participants in a workplace literacy project put together a solid presentation that they can deliver with confidence. The course's stated goals are as follows: to enable participants to prepare interesting and informative presentations, use visual aids to enhance presentation, deliver…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations, Basic Skills
Hull, Jane A. – 1989
This report describes how a Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI Library Literacy Program grant was used to improve the literacy and coping skills of illiterate and functionally illiterate inmates incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary. A second objective of this literacy program was to produce an annotated…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies
Fagan, William T. – 1991
Although the emphasis on adult literacy/basic education is increasing, the high dropout rate from programs in these areas is a concern. Why learners choose to participate or not to participate in such programs can be understood in terms of three sets of factors. Learner-inherent factors include self-evaluation, goals, and capabilities. Life…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs