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Peer reviewedMerriam, Sharan – Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, 1977
The Shah of Iran's Fifth Development Plan (1973-1978) which has specific educational objectives almost exclusively in adult education, is discussed in terms of business and industry, agriculture, a functional literacy experiment, culture, and future success of educational programs in Iran. (TA)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Developing Nations, Educational Development
Ouane, Adama – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1982
To help adults in Mali practice what they had learned in the literacy education programs, a rural information newspaper was created and educational radio services were provided. (AM)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Continuing Education, Educational Practices
American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA. – 1982
The report details some aspects of the American Friends Service Committee's (AFSC) and the Mali government's cooperative rehabilitation project for nomad families along the shores of Lake Faguibine. Covering the years 1975-81, the report contains five sections. The introduction provides background information on nomads and the Sahel; drought,…
Descriptors: Agricultural Production, Cooperative Programs, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Download full textThe ERIC Review, 1991
"The ERIC Review" announces research results, publications, and new programs relevant to each issue's theme topic. This second issue contains three principal articles: "Issues in Adult Literacy Education," by JoAnn Crandall and Susan Imel; "Emergent Literacy: An Early Reading and Writing Concept," by Carl B. Smith;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy
Buss, Sue; And Others – 1994
This chapter presents five case histories that describe literacy education practices in rural areas of England. All programs include the use of action research and the concept of open learning. Open learning is a nontraditional approach to education that includes the use of learning centers, computers, audio- and videotapes, and distance…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
Phelps, Margaret S.; And Others – 1987
This paper describes a model for a literacy program proposed for the Rural Education Project at Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. The program would target unemployed adults, at-risk youth and others in a seven-county target area whose lack of reading skills hampers their search for employment. The model calls for cooperative…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Adults, Basic Skills
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
