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Francesco Bolzonella; Maurice de Greef; Mien Segers – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
This study explores the impact of adult basic education programs aimed at enhancing social inclusion for immigrant learners in the Netherlands. Basic literacy skills are vital for performing everyday tasks and building human capital, which in turn facilitates employment and skill acquisition. Low adult literacy is often associated with social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Basic Education, Inclusion, Immigrants
Rogers, Alan; Gizaw, Abiy Menkir – International Review of Education, 2022
This article reports on a pilot research project conducted in nine countries of Africa and Asia on some aspects of the impact that teaching literacy to adults has had on the lives of some adult literacy facilitators (ALFs). The small-scale enquiry was implemented by a team of twelve researchers in nine countries (Afghanistan, Botswana, Ethiopia,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education, Adult Education
Furness, Jane; Rua, Mohi; Masters-Awatere, Bridgette; Piercy-Cameron, Gemma; Cochrane, Bill; Heaton, Sharyn – New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies, 2023
Globally, literacy can be conceived of in different ways. Two perspectives that have influenced adult literacy policy internationally are the economic functionalist and the sociocultural. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Maori educators have repeatedly advanced a matauranga Maori perspective of literacy. This perspective has parallels with the embodied,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Pacific Islanders, Ethnic Groups
Gutiérrez-Carvajal, Oscar Iván; Perdomo, Mónica; Agredo, Jenny Lorena; Rojas, Geisler Dayani – International Review of Education, 2021
This article presents an instrument for measuring the effectiveness of literacy programmes for youth and adults. To assess the impact of participation on individual learners' lives and their environment, the authors developed a structure comprising five main dimensions: (1) "personal sphere" (six sub-dimensions); (2) "social…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Measures (Individuals), Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness
Douai Mohammed Amine; Saidi Ayoub; Qafas Ahlam – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2025
This article presents a quasi-experimental study evaluating Morocco's Agency for Adult Education "Literacy for Empowerment" program, using propensity score matching to compare data from participants and nonparticipants. Framed within a theory supporting an all-inclusive concept of literacy, the study was guided by two main questions, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education
Sanusi, Bernice O.; Talabi, Felix Olajide; Adelabu, Omowale T.; Alade, Moyosore – SAGE Open, 2021
Education has been identified as one of the most important ways to achieve national development. With 3 million non-literate adults in Lagos State, the commercial nerve center of the nation, radio becomes a veritable medium to teach such adults who, for several reasons including economic, do not have the opportunity of formal schooling. The study…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Australian Council for Educational Research, 2021
The Australian Council for Educational Research's submission to the Australian Government Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training's Public Enquiry into Adult literacy and its importance highlights the importance of these skills to Australia's well-being and economy, and calls on the government to continue participation in an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Educational Benefits, Adult Education
Carpentieri, J. D. – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2019
The field of Adult Literacy and Numeracy (ALN) has an evidence problem. This paper analyses that problem through the lens of three overarching types of evidence available to researchers and policymakers: Type 1 evidence, which provides descriptions of the scope of social problems; Type 2 evidence measuring the impacts of programmes addressing…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Evidence, Social Problems
Einarson, Inga; Miller, Christine; Rodgerson, Devi; Lacerenza, Lea; Lovett, Maureen W.; Greenberg, Daphne – Adult Literacy Education, 2021
Teaching reading to adults who struggle with literacy learning is a difficult task, and there is a paucity of evidence-based programming designed especially for them. Three research teachers describe their experiences while teaching an evidence-based reading program to adult literacy students. This article provides an overview of the program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Research and Development, Program Effectiveness
Nshimbi, Jacob C.; Serpell, Robert; Westerholm, Jari – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: Despite increased enrolments at primary schools in Zambia, more than half of the children in Grades 1-4 are unable to meet the required minimum standards for literacy. Aim: The study set out to examine the effects of using a phone-based mobile literacy game (Graphogame) to improve literacy skills in children and adults in rural family…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Fang, Ying; Lippert, Anne; Cai, Zhiqiang; Chen, Su; Frijters, Jan C.; Greenberg, Daphne; Graesser, Arthur C. – Grantee Submission, 2021
A common goal of Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) is to provide learning environments that adapt to the varying abilities and characteristics of users. This type of adaptivity is possible only if the ITS has information that characterizes the learning behaviors of its users and can adjust its pedagogy accordingly. This study investigated an…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Reading Comprehension
Einarson, Inga; Miller, Christine; Rodgerson, Devi; Lacerenza, Lea; Lovett, Maureen W.; Greenberg, Daphne – Grantee Submission, 2020
This article describes the experiences of three research teachers working for an adult literacy research and development center (csal.gsu.edu). This paper provides an overview of the program content delivered in the research adult literacy classes, shares experiences teaching this program, describes the learners' responses to the program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Research and Development, Program Effectiveness
Kazianga, Harounan; Linden, Leigh L.; Protik, Ali; Sloan, Matthew – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2019
We evaluate the long-term effect of a "girl-friendly" primary school program in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design. The intervention consisted of upgrading existing three-classroom schools to six-classroom schools to accommodate more grades. After seven years, the program increased enrollment by 15.5 percentage points…
Descriptors: Females, Elementary School Students, Equal Education, Sex Fairness
Alkema, Anne – Journal of Learning for Development, 2020
This paper outlines the scale of the adult literacy and numeracy issue in New Zealand and describes a policy intervention designed to upskill employees in workplaces to help resolve the issue for them. This is the Workplace Literacy and Numeracy (WLN) Fund, which enables around 7000 employees a year to complete a 25- to 80-hour learning programme,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Job Skills
Awgichew, Sisay; Seyoum, Yilfashewa – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2017
The purpose of this study was to examine the existing practices and challenges of Integrated Functional Adult Literacy Program in eastern Ethiopia. To achieve this objective, the researchers used mixed research design. Questionnaires, interview and focus group discussions were used as viable instrument for data collection. The questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Program Effectiveness, Mixed Methods Research