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Download full textNagaoka, Chizuko; Karki, Manohar – Journal of Learning for Development, 2014
This paper examines the literacy and post-literacy needs of rural women in Nepal, describes a pilot study in using community radio to supplement a classroom-based post-literacy programme for these women, analyses the findings of this intervention and considers the implications for similar programmes in other settings.
Descriptors: Rural Population, Females, Pilot Projects, Radio
Peer reviewedAhmed, Mushtaq – Indian Journal of Adult Education, 1972
Dropouts were interviewed and the results are tabulated. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Literacy Work, 1973
Article outlines the background, resources, and application of an adult literacy pilot project in India. (GB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Farmer Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Kinnane, Derk – Intellect, 1972
Describes the first Unesco Experimental Literacy Program. (SP)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Functional Literacy
Council of Adult Education, Melbourne (Australia). – 1974
The purpose of the 1973 Pilot Literacy Project (Victoria, Australia) was to explore the nature of the problem of nonmigrant adults who had attended school but who considered themselves illiterate or functionally illiterate, to discover what sort of people were illiterate and to what extent, and to examine home influences and educational…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Foreign Countries, Functional Literacy
Furter, Pierre – 1973
The study is a description of the activities undertaken within the framework of the work-oriented adult literacy pilot project in Iran, an evaluation of its first measurable results, and an examination of the problems of functional literacy in the light of the Iranian experiment. The first chapter traces the efforts of the Iranian authorities over…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
National Inst. for Literacy, Washington, DC. – 1999
The ways states are improving their literacy services for adults with disabilities were examined through a national survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) and National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) and case studies of three states: Oklahoma, Illinois, and Connecticut. The OVAE/NIFL…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Case Studies
Boraks, Nancy; And Others – 1982
A project was undertaken to develop, field test, and revise strategies for adult beginning readers (ABRs). During the first phase of the study, the researchers identified roadblocks to use of word recognition clues by ABRs. Based on data and feedback from local and state piloting and general principles of learning, the project staff developed the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Students
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center, Richmond. – 2000
The Virginia 1999-2000 Learning Disabilities Training and Dissemination (LDTD) project was undertaken to improve educational services to adults with learning disabilities. During the project, learners and tutors from six community-based literacy programs across Virginia volunteered to share their experiences as they participated in pilot testing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
