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Stein, Sondra G. – 1989
The Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative was established in 1986 to create 6 model workplace literacy education programs and later expanded, with state and federal funding, to more than 20 programs at over 40 worksites. The initiative was developed in response to the growing recognition of functional illiteracy in an increasingly complex…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Federal Aid, Inplant Programs, Labor Education
Download full textBussert, Kathy M. – 1992
A study examined information from 107 workplace literacy program descriptions from the United States and drew conclusions about joint partnerships, funding, and flexibility. Most of the program descriptions were found in an extensive search using the ERIC database. The programs described were from 1989 and 1990. Some of the findings were the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum
Royce, Sherry – 1992
This document reviews 117 special projects selected by a panel of literacy experts using three criteria: effectiveness, innovation, and adaptability. Special projects are grouped by the area, or major thrust, of the project and product. The nine areas are as follows: counseling, curriculum, English as a Second Language, management, promotion,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Instruction
McAlister, Annette, Comp. – 1990
This document contains descriptions of 55 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1991. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Werner, Evelyn, Comp. – 1991
This document contains descriptions of 66 adult education experimental demonstration projects and 18 adult education staff development projects conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1992. The projects are funded through Section 353 of the Adult Education Act of 1988. Each description includes a project number, project costs, contact person with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Correctional Education, Counseling
Perin, Dolores – 1987
The Consortium for Worker Literacy is made up of a group of New York City unions that are providing literacy education to workers and their families in order to help them adjust to a radically changing labor market. The consortium operates a degree program for workers in collaboration with the City University of New York. At a different academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Consortia
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education and Literacy. – 1995
Intended to share information about specialized training and demonstration activities from a rich diversity of local subject interests, environments, and populations served, this guide is a compilation of adult education and literacy resources funded under the Adult Education Act. Information is provided on 276 projects funded under Section 353 of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education
Kegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
How do ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs shape adult learners, and how do adult learners, in turn, shape their programs? Beyond the acquisition of important skills (such as greater fluency in the English language) what are the bigger internal meanings for adults of participating in ABE/ESOL…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
