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Download full textCenter--Resources for Education, Des Plaines, IL. – 1998
This document is the final report of a demonstration project during which the corporation First Chicago/NBD and a local education agency developed and delivered basic skills training to the corporation's nonexempt work force. The report describes the following key project activities: basic skill needs analyses for various customer services…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Banking, Basic Skills
Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh, PA. – 1994
A project proposed to demonstrate an effective delivery system for providing family literacy services to homeless parents of young children by taking the "Read Me a Story" program directly into bridge housing sites where the families resided. The approach offered was the direct parent/indirect child model. The curriculum came from…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs
Philippi, Jorie W. – 1995
The Center on Education and Training for Employment at the Ohio State University worked in partnership with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council to develop and deliver customized workplace literacy services for local union members in six major Ohio cities (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, and Akron). A…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Construction Industry
Wilson, Kathleen K. – 2002
This document is designed to help literacy practitioners and others establish civic literacy programs to help learners in South Carolina develop general literacy skills applied to the everyday tasks of being a citizen and active community member. The rationale for promoting civic literacy and the challenges for adult civic literacy system…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Activism, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Pritz, Sandra G.; And Others – 1995
The Center on Education and Training for Employment (CETE) at the Ohio State University worked in partnership with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council (OSB&CT) to develop and deliver customized workplace literacy services for local union members in six major Ohio cities (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Classroom Techniques
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1993
This book contains more than 100 abstracts of projects conducted in Pennsylvania during fiscal year 1992-93 funded through Section 353 of the federal Adult Education Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-297). The projects were developed to strengthen the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques. In…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills
Ott, Joyce A. – 2001
This document introduces community leaders and practitioners to innovative approaches to improving workforce literacy by building accessible lifelong learning systems to prepare adults with the array of skills needed to prosper in the new economy. The introduction defines literacy and workforce literacy and outlines the challenges that education,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Thompson, Ekundayo J. D. – 2001
This document profiles 10 successful experiences in nonformal education (NFE) programs across Africa. Common features of the programs profiled are as follows: (1) provide educational opportunities for those who have missed out on formal education; (2) show evidence of learners' acquisition of competencies for work and survival; (3) demonstrate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1997
The 12 programs selected as 1996 winners of the Secretary's Awards for Outstanding Adult Education and Literacy Programs illustrate a diverse range of promising practices for the 21st century. Winners were selected based on the presence of 10 elements, including the following: effective and potentially replicable practices; measurable objectives…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
