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Download full textGasuku, Samwel – Journal of Learning for Development, 2021
Learning resources such as audio, video and online content are developed as supplementary learning resources to print-based materials. This study focuses on the development of multimedia learning in adult education programmes for out-of-school girls and young women in Tanzania. It defines multimedia and adult education before showing the…
Descriptors: Females, Out of School Youth, Multimedia Materials, Independent Study
Ngaka, Willy; Masaazi, Fred Masagazi – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2015
This study documents the experiences of volunteer teacher research assistants in relation to pupils' interaction with parents, texts, and informal literacy practices in the community, and considers how these practices may enhance literacy instruction and production of local reading materials. The research site was located in the context of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Elementary School Students, Observation, Interviews
Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo (Japan). – 1989
The proceedings of the sixth regional workshop consist of a description of the project and the workshop; a description of the field survey, preparation, and field testing of materials by the group; five papers presented at the workshop; and notes on planned follow-up activities in the participating countries. The workshop culminated a project on…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Material Development
Brown, Don A.; Newman, Anabel P. – J Reading Behav, 1970
Descriptors: Adults, Individualized Instruction, Literacy Education, Material Development
McDevitt, Ellen – 1993
A project to develop instructional materials for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction is described. It consisted of development and testing of materials on the correct use of American idioms to limited-English-speakers. Twenty-five idioms were selected for use as the basis of the script for an instructional videotape. The idioms were…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, English (Second Language), Idioms, Instructional Materials
Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO, Tokyo (Japan). – 1990
The main objective of the seventh regional workshop was to provide training experience to participants from Unesco member states in the development of instructional neo-literate materials and the expansion of participation in literacy activities to the needs of the rural people, particularly women. The final report begins with an account of the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations, Family Life
Mulcrone, Patricia; Chapman, Jean B. – 1981
From September 15, 1980 to June 30, 1981, William Rainey Harper College (Illinois) conducted a project to train high school equivalency program teachers with limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in their classes. The training addressed the special needs of the LEP students in mathematics, English writing, and English reading instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Lewis, Ann – 1990
A February 1990 meeting, held at El Paso Community College (Texas) honoring language and cultural diversity in the adult literacy field is summarized. The report describes the conference's tour activities sampling local cultural sites, presents "quotable quotes" of participants and leaders, and reviews the issues and trends in literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Delivery Systems, Federal Programs, Global Approach
International Inst. for Adult Literacy Methods, Teheran (Iran). – 1977
This bibliography contains references to studies and reports concerned with newly literate adults. The eighty-eight entries are from around the world, and a few are in French or Spanish. The literature covers a wide range of subjects relevant to rural and urban populations in developing and developed nations. Among the references are descriptions…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Developed Nations
El Paso Community Coll., TX. Literacy Center. – 1993
A model workplace literacy program of El Paso Community College (Texas), in cooperation with Levi Strauss and Company, is described. The partnership designed a three-part, job-specific, video-based curriculum in English as a Second Language (ESL) for garment industry workers, implemented in seven local plants. The 18-month program had these goals:…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Education, Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges
Literacy Documentation, 1978
Three abstracts and seventy-five acquisitions related to adult literacy are presented. A few of the acquisition entries are in French. The abstracts are of the following: "Directory of Organizations Offering Literacy Training Courses," by the International Institute of Adult Literacy Methods; "Directory of Universities and Institutes Offering…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bibliographies
