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Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1925
This bulletin reports the work of a committee appointed by Dr. John J. Tigert, United States Commissioner of Education, to study the many problems of school work with adult illiterates. The committee was formed following the National Literacy Conference in Washington, D.C., January 11-14, 1924, whose work included formulating practical programs…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Illiteracy, Program Development, Textbooks
Azab, Saleh Ahmed – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
The educational history of adult literacy education programs in Iraq is discussed. Specifically examined are planning efforts; administration and organization; curricula and instructional materials; human, technical and material resources; program exemptions, drop-outs, and failure; post-literacy programs; and social and economic results. (RM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Curriculum

West, Linda L. – 1995
This document traces the history of adult education (AE) in California from the 1850s through the present. Chapter 1 traces AE in California from the 1850s through the 1940s, and chapter 2 summarizes AE governance, finance, and programming in the 1950s. Chapter 3 focuses on the new federal role in AE and AE program growth in the 1960s, with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Community Colleges