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Moni, Karen B.; Jobling, Anne; van Kraayenoord, Christina E. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2007
Being literate empowers individuals to be effective consumers, to be informed about lifestyle options, to read aesthetically for relaxation and enjoyment and to further their knowledge of people and places that can enable them to participate more fully in communities. However, there are limited literacy opportunities and programs specifically…
Descriptors: Tutors, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Literacy, Action Research
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Green, Richard; Oppliger, Amanda – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2007
This paper reports on the processes experienced in the development of a language programme in a high school in the western suburbs of Sydney in 2006 and represents the ideas and views of the two key participants. We consider the different perspectives held by the key participants on the project and how these need to be worked through in order to…
Descriptors: Linguistics, Tutors, Cooperation, Indigenous Knowledge
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Rosmalen, Peter van; Sloep, Peter; Brouns, Francis; Kester, Liesbeth; Kone, Malik; Koper, Rob – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2006
Tutors have only limited time to support the learning process. In this paper, we introduced a model that helps answer the questions of students. The model invoked the knowledge and skills of fellow students, who jointly formed an ad hoc, transient community. The paper situated the model within the context of a Learning Network, a self-organised,…
Descriptors: Tutors, Learning Processes, Lifelong Learning, Educational Technology
Ainsworth, Robert G. – 1995
Tutoring is recommended as one of several possible ways to help keep students in school. This report is based on a literature review and conversations with researchers, educators, and students. In spite of recent reductions in dropout rates, they remain high, especially in large urban schools. An extensive body of literature supports the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, High School Students, High Schools
Dodd, John M.; And Others – 1994
An intergenerational literacy project involving economically disadvantaged parents, their preschool children, and preservice teachers was conducted at Eastern Montana College. Parents enrolled in the Head Start and Even Start programs attended sessions at which they were trained to be literacy tutors at training meetings and/or combination…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Battered Women, Cross Age Teaching, Economically Disadvantaged
Ntiri, Daphne Williams, Ed. – 1996
This document contains an evaluation handbook for adult literacy programs and feedback from/regarding the evaluation instruments developed during the project titled Adult Literacy and Evaluation Research Team (also known as Project ALERT), a two-phase project initiated by the Detroit Literacy Coalition (DLC) for the purpose of developing and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Black Education, Blacks