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Talan, Carole S. – 1987
Intended for those groups contemplating the establishment of any type of literacy services within a community, this resource is designed to help in the analysis of both the need for literacy services within the community and the currently available resources for meeting that need. Five steps are recommended to identify clearly both the needs and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Resources, Evaluation Methods
Ronan, Michael B. – 1980
A model program was developed to find ways to bring illiterate and undereducated adults into Massachusetts adult education programs. Prospective program clients (young adults) who will be identified by such organizations and agencies as schools, courts, welfare offices, and veterans and civic groups will be contacted by outreach workers to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Schild, Maureen – 1990
This manual is planned for use by both community organizations interested in starting literacy programs to serve their neighborhoods and for agencies providing other services to clients who would also benefit from literacy services. It is organized in four parts, which represent various stages in thinking about and starting a new literacy program.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Illiteracy
Hunter, Carman St. John; Harman, David – 1979
The result of a study on adult literacy undertaken by World Education, this book places the educational problem of adult literacy into the larger context of a changing society and offers a fresh perspective and a new way of thinking about the phenomenon. After defining functional literacy as the possession of skills perceived by particular persons…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Disadvantaged
Imel, Susan – 1992
Workplace literacy programs have been viewed as the way to raise workers' basic skills so they could perform more effectively in increasingly complex work environments. As these programs have proliferated, so have the number of issues associated with workplace literacy. Some issues are related to assumptions underlying the need for workplace…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills
Bloom, Evan; Reed, Sue – 1991
Intended for community development professionals and volunteers who work with preliterate communities, this illustrated handbook accompanies a library of visual aids that allow rural people to formulate their own projects. (The curriculum, called Pictorial Apprenticeship, transfers the process of project design into visual forms that literate and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Development, Community Involvement
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1998
This bibliography lists projects, products, learning materials, and other items of interest found in the Literacy Resource Collection in the Human Resource Development Canada Library. Most of the material is available for loan; contact information is provided. The preface appears in both English and French. The 164 materials consist of both…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Distance Education, Educational Certificates
Dowling, William D.; And Others – 1992
The Ohio State University, Inland Fisher Guide Division of General Motors, and United Auto Workers Local 969 formed a collaborative partnership in 1990 to train employees whose inadequate literacy skills made them unable to respond to the requirements of "synchronous manufacturing" (or "just in time" production). One of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs
Ballara, Marcela – 1992
This book examines the connection between poverty and illiteracy among women in a global context and presents guidelines for developing literacy activities for women. The following topics are covered: defining literacy (negative effects of illiteracy and literacy programs for women); global context (literacy gap, gender disparities, urban/rural…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Needs
Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book is a practitioner's guide to developing literacy training programs for workers. Titles of the 28 chapters and epilogue are as follows: "Understanding the History and Definitions of Workplace Literacy" (Askov, Aderman); "Understanding Literacy in the Canadian Business Context: Conference Board of Canada Study" (Hart);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1989
Census data, enrollment statistics, and selected studies/reports regarding adult literacy and literacy education in British Columbia (Canada) were examined to determine the nature and scope, need for, and cost of literacy activities and programs in British Columbia. According to 1986 census data, 17% of British Columbia's adult population lack…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Clearinghouse on Adult Education. – 1984
Designed to provide information about projects funded by States under Section 310 of the Adult Education Act, this catalog lists 400 projects. It is the eighth in a series of annual listings of special projects and staff development programs. The 400 projects are divided into 18 categories or subject areas. These categories are administration,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Education, Adult Literacy