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Peer reviewedYaffe, Diane; Williams, Cheri Lynn – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Finds that the supportive environment of "women helping women" was the hallmark characteristic of a local Even Start family literacy program and that participants were not consciously thinking about family literacy but joined the program for themselves and gave no indication of seeing the connection between the adult literacy component…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Literacy, Females
Hausman, Bonnie; Parsons, Kathryn – Equity and Choice, 1989
Describes the Parent and Child Education (PACE) program, a statewide family literacy program in Kentucky that promotes positive attitudes toward schooling and academic achievement. PACE focuses on parents' basic skills, children's learning skills, and parents' child care skills. (FMW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, Family Literacy
Download full textWeinstein-Shr, Gail, Ed.; Quintero, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1995
Teachers' and developers' descriptions of intergenerational literacy programs for immigrants are collected here. Topics addressed include appropriate program design, the quality of intergenerational collaboration, student journals, learner-centered curriculum design, traditional and personal storytelling as a literacy approach, education and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Design, Family Literacy
Choonoo, John – 1993
Project Mastery was a family literacy program that served 30 adults and 40 children in its first year of operation. Participants were parents and adult siblings of present and past English-as-a-Second-Language programs and students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in kindergarten through grade 5. It was designed to support English language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Family English Literacy
Lehman, Bernadette B. – 1993
Stressing the need for activities that are amusing, useful, and fun, this paper outlines a family literacy project that provides parents preparing for the General Education Development (GED) test with literacy activities they can do with their children at home. The paper explains that the project was developed for participants of the Indiana…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1990
This guide describes various tutoring methods and supportive roles performed by volunteers in adult literacy programs. The practices described usually complement instruction in adult education and literacy classes as well as expand the delivery system of programs and services to the adult learner. The 25 practices described are grouped under the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Educational Resources
Irby, Terry R.; And Others – 1992
Joliet Junior College's Center for Adult Basic Education and Literacy (CABEL) is responsible for providing adult basic education and support services for adults whose skills in reading and mathematics are below the 12th grade level. Its offerings include instruction in Adult Basic Education (ABE), General Educational Development (GED), English as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
