ERIC Number: ED416337
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 142
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
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Tierra de Oportunidad Implementation Handbook. LAES: Latino Adult Education Services Project.
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda
This handbook is intended to help administrators and instructors of adult basic education and English-as-a-Second-Language programs use the 30 Tierra de Oportunidad (Land of Opportunity) instructional modules, which address four strands or clusters relating to the different major domains in which adults function: work life, family life, community, and lifelong learning. The following items are included: introduction; administrator summary (overview of the modules and their development and implementation suggestions); general teacher tips and skill development matrix; abstracts of the modules and tips for using them; advice on assessment; and student tips (overview for students, student contract, and student self-assessment). Each module abstract contains the following: discussion of the module's importance; teaching points; learning activities; and matrix. The matrix outlines the following: grouping strategies, incorporation of the Secretary's Commission for Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) skills; ideas for presentation; self-directed learning activity; insider information; and activities to direct students' reflection on the module. These items are appended: vision of literacy in the information society; suggested reading strategies; list of language forms and functions; top 20 education resources on the World Wide Web; skills identified by the SCANS report and information about them; and a bibliography of 164 print resources and 19 Web addresses. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Daily Living Skills, Educational Needs, English (Second Language), Family Life, Functional Literacy, Immigrants, Integrated Curriculum, Learning Modules, Lesson Plans, Lifelong Learning, Literacy Education, Needs Assessment, Self Evaluation (Individuals), Skill Development, Student Evaluation, Workplace Literacy, World Wide Web
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Youth, Adult and Alternative Educational Services Div.
Authoring Institution: Hacienda La Puente Unified School District, City of Industry, CA.; California State Univ. Inst., Long Beach.
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A