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Walker, David; And Others – 1983
A program funded by USAID to help the Adult Literacy Organization of Zimbabwe (ALOZ) increase its capacity to provide training and supervision for adult literacy teachers and to publish and distribute literacy texts is evaluated. Methodology used included questionnaires, interviews with ALOZ staff, observation of grant activities, and a review of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Objectives
Download full textPhilippi, Jorie W. – 1998
The Professional Development Program (PDP) of Rockefeller College of the State University of New York, in partnership with the Eddy/Northeast Health of Troy, New York, conducted a 3-year demonstration project to provide and foster institutionalization of a functionally contextual workplace literacy curriculum and training program to upgrade the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1981
The 1980-81 Jefferson County (Kentucky) Adult Reading Program served 601 students functioning below 6.0 grade level during the 1980-81 year. The project's instructional methods and materials were developed based on the experiences of the program for the previous two years. The program was considered a success not only from the viewpoint of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Education Work Relationship
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication describes basic skills improvement programs and activities ongoing throughout the United States. The guide is organized into two sections. The first section contains program descriptions and hands-on materials from 25 elementary and secondary programs across the nation that have been selected for inclusion in the National…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Resources
Fuchs-Bruninghoff, Elisabeth; And Others – 1986
It was not until the end of the 1970s that public debate on the problem of functional illiteracy among adults began in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). Even afterward, Germans were reluctant to admit that illiteracy was a problem in their country. Literacy education efforts began at the local level, and the first national conference on adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Case Studies, Developed Nations
Gaul, Patricia Reitz – 1982
This special demonstration project was undertaken to field test and disseminate a curriculum entitled Emergency English for Refugees (EER). Designed to meet the immediate English language needs of pre- and non-literate adult refugees and immigrants, the EER is a 26-unit competency-based English-as-a-second-language (ESL) curriculum that deals with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Communication Skills, Competency Based Education
Dougherty, Barbara, Ed.; Novak, Jan, Ed. – 1982
This publication presents information on 53 basic skills programs in Wisconsin that were identified as successful by the planning committee for the Governor's Conference on Basic Skills. Programs focus on mathematics, reading, writing, computer-assisted instruction, basic skills approaches, learning centers, career education, adult literacy,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Oriented Programs
Leopold, Joan Y.; Anstine, Carolyn G.; Greene, Margaret P. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a realistic survival skills curriculum in language arts for adult basic education (ABE) students that could be used with predischarge residents in institutions for mentally ill individuals in Pennsylvania. After identifying 28 predischarge residents at the Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Behavioral Objectives
