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Bhola, H. S. – Journal of Reading, 1988
Points out that literacy is often a volatile issue in developing countries, where it is often seen as a key to liberation. Introduces a model for identifying and categorizing the goals and philosophies of literacy projects, programs, and campaigns of the world. (ARH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Functional Literacy
Bell, T. H. – American Legion Magazine, 1984
As many as 70 million Americans are functionally or marginally illiterate. Among the consequences: disproportionate numbers of illiterates are unemployed, 50 percent of inmates are illiterate, and illiterate parents are more likely to raise illiterate children. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Volunteers
Cohen, Royce – Amer Educ, 1970
Adults who cannot read are receiving help through a special program operated in New York State. This program is conducted on a volunteer basis; that is, only those who want to improve the level of their literacy are accepted as participants. (CK)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Reading Instruction, Tutorial Programs

Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1970
Strategies (chiefly compulsory schooling and literacy campaigns) for combatting illiteracy are compared, and differences between functional and traditional literacy are discussed. (LY)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education
O'Neill, Wayne – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
When children are taught to read, they are forced to erase all the concepts that they have developed up to that stage because the schools of today are unfortunately only interested in teaching their pupils to recognize printed words. (CK)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy, Reading Ability
Cohen, Martin – Wilson Libr Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy

Smith, Lawrence L. – Language Arts, 1977
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Education, Functional Literacy, Literacy
Jones, Rebecca – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2007
Once upon a time, Americans identified illiteracy among high school graduates as a national crisis. The solution, almost everyone agreed, was to teach every child to read by the end of third grade. If students could read well by then, the reasoning went, they would read even better in all the grades that followed. However, the 2005 results of the…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Communication Strategies, National Competency Tests, Functional 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
Gavriliuk, V. V. – Russian Education and Society, 2007
The problem of functional illiteracy emerged in world science in the second half of the twentieth century, when it became obvious that in and of itself, the number of years a person spends in schooling does not guarantee a high level of professional and personal literacy. The problem was not manifested in the same way in the different national…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Educational Administration, Functional Literacy, Methods
Jerome, Jared; Frantino, Eric P.; Sturmey, Peter – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2007
An important area in the learning and development of individuals with disabilities is the acquisition of independent, age-appropriate leisure skills. Three adults with autism and mental retardation were taught to access specific Internet sites using backward chaining and most-to-least intrusive prompting. The number of independent steps completed…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Task Analysis
Alberto, Paul A.; Fredrick, Laura; Hughes, Melissa; McIntosh, Laura; Cihak, David – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2007
Definitions of literacy that focus solely on reading words provide too narrow a framework for many students with severe disabilities. Obtaining information from the environment may be accomplished in a variety of modes, such as visual literacy, which is the ability to discern meaning conveyed through images. A component of visual literacy is…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Disabilities, Visual Aids, Elementary School Students
Savicevic, Dusan M. – Literacy Discussion, 1973
Functional literacy is defined as that educational level comparable to the eight years of schooling required of children in the Yugoslavian elementary system.'' Census results show that 19.7 percent of the population of age ten or over is illiterate. This paper considers research findings on the conceptualization and organization of elementary…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Functional Literacy, Literature Reviews
Hay, John – Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Argues that there is no convincing proof from empirical evidence that standards of literacy in Western Australia are worse than they were 25 to 65 years ago. Denounces empirical measures of standards of literacy as profoundly unreliable. (AEA)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Literacy, Public Opinion, Reading
Graham, Gordon – Education + Training, 2004
This paper focuses on successes and failures in the history of technology. It attempts to assess the wisdom of possible future courses of action with regard to technology in e-learning and education.
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Functional Literacy, Imagination, Expressive Language