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Peer reviewedEzzaki, Abdelkader – Journal of Reading, 1993
Provides an overview of literacy and literacy education in Morocco. Sketches the historical context, and then discusses literacy in formal school settings, adult programs, and needed improvements. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Reading Programs, Educational History, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textNevada State Library, Carson City. – 1989
In Nevada a book was developed to bring history to life for adult students who are beginning to discover the joy of reading and to let new readers and tutors tell their own stories about reading. The first part of the book includes 17 original stories written by Phillip Earl, a popular author and newspaper columnist in Nevada. Articles were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Nevada State Library, Carson City. – 1989
In Nevada a book was developed to bring history to life for adult students who are beginning to discover the joy of reading and to let new readers and tutors tell their own stories about reading. The first part of the book includes 10 original stories written by Phillip Earl, a popular author and newspaper columnist. Articles were selected for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Peer reviewedSyracuse University Library Associates Courier, 1991
This issue of the biannual "Syracuse University Library Associate Courier" is devoted to covering the world famous collections of adult and continuing education materials held by the Syracuse University Library. It contains five articles: "Laubach in India: 1935-1970" (S. Y. Shah) describes missionary and founder of Laubach…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Continuing Education, Educational History
Lucas, G. S. – 1985
The history of American prison education from 1650 to the present can be divided into five periods. Generally speaking, the education provided in prisons has been loose, fragmented, and essentially reflective of the prevailing local prison administration. Although the trend has been toward the adoption of a more enlightened view toward inmates and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Rushbrook, Peter – 2001
Colin Badger was an adult educator who contributed to Victorian adult education in Australia. After graduating from the University of Adelaide in 1936, Badger became a tutor for the South Australian Workers Education Association (WEA), where he became aware of the possibilities of adult education. After study in London, he returned to Australia to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Ward, Betty Arnett; Brice, Edward Warner – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
This bibliography should be useful to educators, researchers, teachers, personnel managers and placement officers, industrial training supervisors, vocational and rehabilitation counselors, and volunteers engaged in full- or part-time work with the backward and illiterate adult. It should serve librarians in the development of professional and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Annotated Bibliographies, Adult Literacy
