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Peer reviewedAuten, Anne – Journal of Reading, 1980
Reports on research probing job-related literacy demands and on programs promoting job literacy. (JT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Adults, Functional Literacy
Download full textDunn-Rankin, Patricia; Beil, Drake – 1989
This literature review observes that (1) there is an increasing need for enhancing job literacy skills among workers; (2) workplace literacy programs cover both basic literacy and job-related technical training; (3) successful curricula use job-related tasks and materials; and (4) management needs to be heavily involved and committed if a program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Draper, James A. – 1986
A study was conducted to examine the literature on literacy and adult basic education and to identify various issues, trends, problems, possible solutions, and basic principles that might guide programs and policies in adult literacy and basic education in Canada. More than 120 documents were examined, raising such issues as what is literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Needs
Shelton, Elaine – 1983
Although competency-based adult education (CBAE) has been practiced by teachers for centuries, the term was defined more fully and formal programs were developed around 1971. One of the prime forces in the growth of CBAE was the Adult Performance Level (APL) project at the University of Texas, a project that defined CBAE and produced suggested…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Bulletin of the Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific, 1982
This issue reproduces articles adapted from country reports presented to a Regional Seminar on Adult Education and Development in Asia and Oceania, Bangkok, November 1980. A summary of adult and nonformal education in the region forms section 1. Highlights of the country articles in section 2 include Afghanistan--national literacy campaign;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Sticht, Tom – 2000
This notebook discusses issues and methods of developing adult literacy education (ALE) programs according to functional context education (FCE) principles. Chapters 1-3 in Part 1, The Power of ALE, focus on current ALE; address why ALE is of growing importance; show how investments can return benefits for adults and others; look at issues…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Peterson, Elizabeth; Wilson, Kathleen K. – 2001
A survey called the Literacy Check-Up was conducted in South Carolina's Lancaster and Chester Counties in April-May 2000. The survey was designed to identify existing literacy services, determine how well the area's existing literacy programs were meeting participants' needs, and determine the community's capacity for serving adults in need of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
