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Organizing a Literacy Program for Older Adults. Literacy Education for the Elderly Project.

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Jacobs, Bella; Ventura-Merkel, Catherine – 1986

This guide describes a model for a community-based literacy program for older adults that uses older adults as tutors. Guidelines are provided to program sponsors for implementing literacy education for older adults. Chapter I provides an overview of the problem of illiterate older adults and literacy education for them. Chapter II addresses the…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Community Programs

Basic Skills for the Workplace.

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Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; And Others – 1991

This book is a practitioner's guide to developing literacy training programs for workers. Titles of the 28 chapters and epilogue are as follows: "Understanding the History and Definitions of Workplace Literacy" (Askov, Aderman); "Understanding Literacy in the Canadian Business Context: Conference Board of Canada Study" (Hart);…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development