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Nacke, Phil L., Ed. – 1973
Significant themes of the papers included in this twenty-second Yearbook of the National Reading Conference are teacher education programs in reading and the competency-based concept of teaching. Some specific topics are accountability in the community college reading program, adult reading improvement programs, and uses of the cloze procedure,…
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Cloze Procedure, College Programs, Communication Skills
Fuchs-Bruninghoff, Elisabeth; And Others – 1986
It was not until the end of the 1970s that public debate on the problem of functional illiteracy among adults began in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Even afterward, Germans were reluctant to admit that illiteracy was a problem in their country. Literacy education efforts began at the local level, and the first national conference on adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Developed Nations
Download full textMangum, Garth L. – 1983
Despite the fact that, of all the 50 states, Utah has the highest percentage of state and local government expenditures for education and the highest proportion of adults who have graduated from high school, one out of every five adults in Utah lacks basic literacy skills. At present, the following adult literacy programs offer instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
Muller, Josef, Ed. – 1986
This collection deals with post-literacy strategies in general and with strategies and techniques that have been implemented in Tanzania. The first part contains the following reports addressing general aspects of post-literacy strategies: "Issues in Post-Literacy" by Anil Bordia; "Some Curricular Aspects of Post-Literacy and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Articulation (Education), Continuing Education
Philadelphia Mayor's Commission on Literacy, PA. – 1984
This report on the program highlights of the first national conference on urban literacy contains 40 information sheets describing the literacy programs represented at the conference. Each program information sheet contains some or all of the following: the name of the program; the name, address, and phone number of a program contact person; the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1983
Research indicates that many illiterate youth and adults who become parents are unable to transfer high levels of oral language skills or to model literacy use for their children. Consequently, their children begin school without the readiness skills necessary to learn to read and thus continue a cycle of family illiteracy and employment problems.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2002
The Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) provide a range of educational opportunities for Australian adults who have not completed secondary education to improve their literacy, numeracy, and general education skills. The CGEA was first accredited in 1992 and is currently accredited for January 2002-December 2006. The CGEA is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
