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| Adult Literacy and Basic… | 2 |
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| Boraks, Nancy | 1 |
| Hopkins, Dorothy | 1 |
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| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Hopkins, Dorothy – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1986
Describes the Chinese effort to eliminate adult illiteracy. The author discusses purposes of adult education, history of adult literacy education, adult illiteracy statistics, the design of literacy education, curriculum construction, teaching methods, evaluation of the literacy education process, impact of literacy education, and implications of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Boraks, Nancy – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1988
Discusses the need for balance in the research and evaluation of adult beginning readers in seven areas: program success and failure, problem definition versus adult competence, reminiscence versus current requirements, call to action versus knowledge, sociological and instructional diagnosis, assumption versus honest appraisal, and reporting on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Beginning Reading
