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Pharness, Gary – 1991
Despite increasing awareness of the need for workplace literacy programs to focus on adults' personal needs and interests and on long-term employment needs, many worker education programs for adults learning English as a Second Language continue to limit themselves to specific training for particular jobs. The Hastings Institute, Inc., a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Program Descriptions
Ward, Patricia Berg – 2000
There are a variety reasons for teaching about Japan. Many students in the United States are of Japanese heritage; Japan is the second largest trading partner of the United States; and some healing still needs to occur between the United States and Japan because of the damage and pain of World War II. Further, the Unites States and Japan share the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Cultural Awareness
Singh, Manjari – 2002
This digest presents a description of three innovative interventions designed to support student literacy acquisition outside the classroom in low resource communities. It begins with a discussion of literacy related issues in low resource environments, noting that an increasing number of children who are not acquiring a basic education live in…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Disadvantaged Environment, Elementary Education, Enrichment Activities

International Journal of Early Years Education, 2000
Provides annotations of recent international documents and journal articles from the ERIC database. Topics include early literacy learning, infant and toddler care, policy developments in England and Wales, play in early childhood settings, ethical conflicts in early childhood education, teacher education in African nations, educational…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
Burnett, Gary – 1994
By 1992, according to a study by the Council of Chief State School Officers, more than 3.5 million computers were in U.S. elementary and secondary schools--a ratio of one computer for every 13 students. In addition, 99 percent of all schools across the country reported that they provide their students with some access to computers. Sometimes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education