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Hayes, Elisabeth R.; Valentine, Thomas – Adult Education Quarterly, 1989
One hundred sixty adult basic education students functioning at or below the sixth-grade level rated the extent to which they needed to learn 20 functional tasks. Factor analysis suggested three broad categories: everyday reading and writing, math and measurement, and special literacy tasks. Cluster analysis identified distinct subgroups based on…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Educational Needs

Faryniarz, Eva – English Quarterly, 1992
Observes the language and the literacy behaviors in evidence at a shopping center food court. Muses on the "functional literacy" of the writer's immigrant mother-in-law. Discusses the range and extent of the literacies possessed by an elementary school student who, at the start of the school year, did not consider himself to be either a…
Descriptors: Adults, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Education, Functional Literacy

Darville, Richard – Adult Basic Education, 1994
There should not be a split between literacy of function (ability to deal with institutional procedures) and literacy of voice (expression of knowledge and experience). Acquiring functional literacy often involves voicing experience as well as questioning institutional power. Teachers and students should collaborate in bridging the gap. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Experience, Functional Literacy, Personal Autonomy

Greene, Maxine – Educational Horizons, 1991
Calls into question whether the role of literacy and the function of schooling is to accommodate economic, social, and political structures. Examines multiple viewpoints of literacy and the difficulty of constructing a concept of literacy appropriate for diverse persons and changing circumstances. (SK)
Descriptors: Culture, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Functional Literacy

Jennings, Zellyne – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 2000
Describes the rationale, development, and administration of the test used for measuring levels of achievement in functional literacy in Guyana. Draws attention to the difficulty of attracting funding for literacy programmes from international aid agencies, given the inflated adult literacy rate that is reported for Guyana in international…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs

Onukaogu, Chukwuemeka Eze – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1997
Contends most people in Third World need functional and development-oriented literacy (FDL) if they are to contribute meaningfully to illiteracy eradication and attainment of sustainable national development in respective countries. Arguing current literacy instruction approaches in most Third World countries can't sustain FDL, suggests adoption…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy
Kent State Univ., OH. Ohio Literacy Resource Center. – 1997
As part of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) of 1992, the National Center for Education Statistics published a separate study that focuses on the literacy skills of older adults (aged 60 years and older) from a variety of perspectives, such as age, sex, amount of education, race or ethnic background, income, and geographic region. Some of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy
Paul, Peter V. – 1994
This article provides a discussion of the importance and use of a method of systematic critical analysis, metatheorizing, as a tool for understanding the current research and debate in deafness and literacy. After reviewing background information on the notion of metatheorizing, the article presents some general remarks relative to the debate on…
Descriptors: Deafness, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction

Sachdeva, J. L. – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Programs, Functional Literacy

Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1975
The presentation is a brief and free paraphrase of a 1968 article by Thomas G. Saunders (in the American Universities Field Staff Report, West Coast South America Series, vol. 15 n1). The Freire Method makes literacy training a critical, active process through which habits of resignation are overcome. (Author)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Educational Theories, Functional Literacy, Learning Experience
Sherritt, Caroline A. – 1989
Defining literacy is a compelling challenge to educators. They generally use three models: instrumental, functional, and empowerment. The latter two approaches, which were increasingly evident in the 1980s, identify literacy by the social functions required in a given context or by the qualities needed for illiterate people to take control of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Philosophy, Educational Theories
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1990
The primary goal of the National Adult Literacy Survey (NALS) is to describe the types and levels of literacy skills possessed by adults living in the United States and the distribution of these skills across major subgroups of the population. To conduct the NALS, 175 trained interviewers employed by the Educational Testing Service will interview…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
These statements, letters, and supplemental materials were provided by: (1) Janet Jones Ballard, Assault on Literacy Program; (2) Representative Jim Cooper, Tennessee; (3) Mitch Snyder, Center for Creative Non-Violence; (4) Garrett Murphy, Division of Adult and Continuing Education Programs, New York; (5) W. Wilson Goode, mayor of Philadelphia;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Federal Legislation
Rynders, Peter – 1987
Illiteracy, the inability to communicate or receive information through the medium of print, has not been dealt with effectively by society, yet it is estimated that there are 23 million illiterate adults in America. Two major problems exist: diagnosing illiteracy, and attracting illiterate adults to adult literacy programs. With the development…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educationally Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy
Mikulecky, Larry; Diehl, William – 1979
This paper is a summary of existing literature on the literacy requirements of various businesses and industries, including the Federal Government. The findings came from a spring 1979 search for literature on the literacy requirements of various businesses and industries during 1969-1979. The report contains information on the following topics:…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business, Employment Qualifications, Functional Literacy