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Direct linkDaudi, Sabiha S. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2008
Environmental literacy has been defined in various ways: from acquisition of scientific knowledge to addressing environmental concerns through indigenous knowledge. Program planners and educators need to identify and employ strategies for inclusive program development where all stakeholders are given an equal opportunity to share their opinions as…
Descriptors: Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Education, Program Development, Literacy
Sandhaas, Bernd – Convergence, 2008
Within Ethiopia's overall development strategy, the Integrated Women's Empowerment Programme (IWEP) aims to develop, test and implement a comprehensive nationwide approach to empower women and their households in selected areas of all regions/national states of Ethiopia. The programme provides functional literacy education and livelihood skills…
Descriptors: Females, Economically Disadvantaged, Adult Education, Foreign Countries
Kimball, James C. – Wisconsin Vocational Educator, 1988
The central focus of this study was to develop a prototype occupational interest inventory for functionally illiterate adults and to develop a microcomputer version of the prototype. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adults, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Instruction, Functional Literacy
Peer reviewedWeinstein-Shr, Gail; Lewis, Nora E. – College ESL, 1991
Argues that qualitative research on the language needs of elderly refugees is critically important to developing responsive English-as-a-Second-Language programs for this group. (34 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy, Intercultural Communication
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
Peer reviewedJeffery, Chris – English in Australia, 1986
Provides background information on the McGaw report, which addresses literacy assessment in secondary education. Presents the Western Australian Education Department's view of literacy. Describes the guidelines and assessment procedures in the Department's investigation of the McGaw report's implications. Discusses the 1986 school trials that…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development
Ford, Donald J.; And Others – Training and Development, 1992
Discusses three forms of literacy--functional literacy, the ability to read and write, and workplace literacy. Includes "The Magnavox Experience" (Ford); "Aloha Means Goodbye to Workforce Illiteracy" (Beil); and "A Hospital's Prescription for Illiteracy" (Solovy-Pratt, Vicary). (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy
Taylor, Paul G. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1978
Defines competency-based adult education as activities providing coping and life skills, functional literacy, mastery learning, external or alternative high school diplomas, and educational credits for life experiences. Discusses activities in relation to federally authorized Adult Basic Education, minimal testing, Adult Performance Level…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Competency Based Education, Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning
Terdy, Dennis P. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1989
Argues for new opportunities for persons previously excluded from rewarding employment experiences, through partnerships between business and adult literacy programs. Joint ventures to benefit viable, functionally literate workers must create a new market through such initiatives as national, state, and business cooperation, language minority…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demography
