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Jones, H. A.; And Others – Literacy Discussion, 1978
Examining literacy and adult education in the United Kingdom (U.K.), this issue is divided into four parts: (1) Introductory Survey, which discusses the U.K. experience in adult literacy; (2) The Provider, which presents agencies involved in adult education; (3) Resources, which describes the Adult Literacy Resource Agency; and (4) Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Educational Development
Olsson, Micael – 1990
There is now consensus among educators in Papua New Guinea that literacy efforts must be strengthened through closer bonding of literacy with information-that-matters. Papua New Guinea's Cabinet has recently endorsed a National Literacy and Awareness Program linking literacy projects with public awareness campaigns, hoping to increase support for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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Brown, T. Dennis – Music Educators Journal, 1981
A music professor reports his experiences teaching in Elderhostel, a nationwide program in which colleges and universities offer on-campus summer learning sessions to senior citizens. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Extension Education, Higher Education, Music Education
Lucas, Christopher J. – Adult Education, 1976
A review of Chinese adult and continuing education traces the experimentation, innovations, and philosophy of the last 50 years. The consolidation and perpetuation of the Communist social revolution through educational channels, various programs and institutions, and the effects of the 1966 Cultural Revolution are examined. (LH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Theories
Mammo, Gudeta – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
To improve adult literacy in urban and rural areas, Ethiopia has established reading centers throughout the country staffed by volunteer teachers. Since 1978, 10 million persons have participated in the program. Eight million have finished courses and taken the tests. About four million have passed and received certificates. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
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Convergence, 1974
Reporting on the second year of Sweden's experimental adult education program inititated in 1970, the article discusses the program's progress in reaching adults with inadequate education who, for geographic, economic, social, and psychological reasons, did not participate in adult education. (MW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Uz-Zaman, Rafe – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
The Pakistani Adult Functional Literacy Project (AFL) produced educational television programs which were shown at community viewing centers. Evaluation results are encouraging. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
Lahtinen, Marja-Liisa – Adult Education in Finland, 1978
The article describes stages in the development of the municipally owned "workers' institutes" to provide education for adults in Finland and the now more common "civic institutes" with public or private sponsorship. Included are administrative structure, financing, staff, students, facilities, teaching arrangements, subjects…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education Centers
Darinsky, A. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
The bibliography provides 128 titles of printed materials related to educational development in the USSR, and the publishers' names (many in Russian). The cultural revolution, eradication of illiteracy, adults' general education, contemporary evening schools, textbooks, and statistical reference books, as well as bibliographies and adult education…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Educational Development, Educational History
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1975
The Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL-El Movimento Brasileno de Alfabetizacion de Adultos) is discussed in terms of its legal and conceptual bases, organization, participants, technical aspects, and effectiveness. Established by law December 15, 1967 to lower the illiteracy rate in Brazil by improving educational opportunities for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Carinsky, A. V. – Literacy Discussion, 1976
Twenty percent of all Soviet citizens have completed secondary and higher education through evening schools; among older people, the percentage is even higher. A detailed history is given of the development of varied and flexible forms of adult education in the Soviet Union, including policies, statistics, instructional methods, and sample…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Bhola, H. S.; And Others – 1983
This report on the International Seminar on Campaigning for Literacy at Udaipur, India is divided into three main parts. Part 1 describes the context and background of the seminar, its specific objectives, and the organization and procedures of the seminar. Part 2 provides an overview of the seminar proceedings. The inaugural statements are…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Developing Nations
Cardenal, Fernando; Miller, Valerie – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
A national adult literacy program was established in Nicaragua in 1979, after the Sandanista revolution, as part of a plan for socio-economic development. Program development, implementation and evaluation methods, curriculum content, educational methodology, and teacher training methods are described. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Practices
Napitupulu, W. P. – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
As part of the national plan for socio-economic development, the Indonesian adult literacy program established cooperative, informal learning groups in which a literate person was responsible for teaching 10 others to read. Program organization, curriculum development, and evaluation methods are described. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development
Literacy Work, 1978
Reviews the adult illiteracy problem in the United States and explains a U.S. experimental adult literacy program titled the apperception interaction method (AIM). It is noted that AIM involves reading, writing, discussion, and the taking of practical action by participants. (LRA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Developed Nations, Educational Development
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