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Download full textMaheu, Rene – 1972
An address given by the Director-General of UNESCO is presented. The address had as its main focus the progress of the committee's literacy efforts throughout the world. It is pointed out that some 10 projects have been undertaken. The number of persons attending the literacy courses has risen from 5,500 to about 400,000 during the period 1967 to…
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Functional Literacy, International Programs, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedConvergence, 1975
The UNESCO publication "Final Global Evaluation Report of the Experimental World Literacy Programme (EWLP): Lessons Learned from 11 Projects" is examined. The concept of functionality (emphasising economic development over political, cultural, and social development) was found to be unsuccessful. (LH)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Government Role
Bishop, Arthur, Ed. – 1978
In view of the fact that 13% of the 9, 13, and 17-year-old students in the United States have been found to be functionally illiterate in a national study, this booklet was produced by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) to review efforts that have been undertaken to strengthen students' command of reading skills. Among the topics discussed are…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Richardson, Richard C., Jr.; And Others – 1981
The prevalence of underprepared students attending colleges, the need to define literacy requirements of courses, the implications of research on literacy in the design of remedial programs, and the need for systematic evaluation of such programs are considered. Literacy is broadly defined as a language competence that is used to achieve both…
Descriptors: College Students, Communication Skills, Cultural Context, Curriculum Evaluation
Bingham, Grace; And Others – 1978
A project was conducted to design and implement an educational delivery system that incorporated both assessment and instructional services for adult basic education (ABE) exceptional learners in an urban adult learning center in New Jersey. Two areas were considered of priority in developing the project design: the development of an assessment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs
Demetrion, George – 2000
"Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education" (ABE) is one of the most important books on adult literacy policy at the turn of the century. In it, Juliet Merrifield examines the critical issues of policy, practice, and theory with which the field is currently consumed. She and her colleagues maintain that the concept of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Wilson, Kathleen K. – 2001
This document is designed to help literacy practitioners and others establish health literacy programs to help learners in South Carolina develop the literacy skills needed to perform their role as health consumers and providers and maintain their own health and the health of those they love. The introduction defines literacy and health literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Planning, Community Programs
