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PDF pending restorationDuff-McCracken, Donald; Fretz, Barbara – 1992
This manual is designed as a resource for involving learners in literacy programs. Although the report is written at a high reading level, highlights for each section that are written in clear language are found at the beginning of the manual. Section 1 introduces the topic of learner involvement; it also describes the benefits of learner…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Attitude Change, Community Programs
Download full textCampbell, Pat – 1992
A study explored the experiences of four adult students who served on the board of The Learning Center, a community-based literacy program. The adult education literature touched on the challenges, benefits, and limitations of participatory practices, but the three were seldom juxtaposed, raising the question of whether the limitations equaled or…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Board of Education Role
Franklin, Richard; And Others – 1964
Part of a report of seminar proceedings, six papers on community development in developed nations review the conceptual dimensions, issues, and directions of community development in the United States; pilot programs of social research, training, and consultation in rural Saskatchewan; the community development efforts of the University of New…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, Community Coordination, Community Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). Div. of Primary Educ., Literacy & Adult Educ., Educ. in Rural Areas – 1986
This report contains case studies from six countries on local efforts to ease the transition of youth from school to work and to stop or prevent them from regressing to semiliteracy or illiteracy. The countries studied are Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Yugoslavia, and Zimbabwe. A short summary of each of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Community Programs, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
York Univ., Toronto (Ontario). – 1995
This document summarizes and presents materials produced during a qualitative international study of the role of transformative learning in achieving sustainable societies and global responsibility that included the following activities: case studies of experiences with transformative learning in seven countries; international survey and workshop;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Community Programs
Artiss, Phyllis; Fitzpatrick, Laura; Hammett, Roberta F.; Kong, Xiaoqian; Noftle, Elizabeth A. – 2001
This series of five short papers describes an interdisciplinary, community action research project in Newfoundland that sought to enhance and extend the traditional and technological literacy of adults. The papers were part of an action research project conducted by the directors and tutors which made computers available in community resource…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Community Programs
