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Download full textMILLER, JUSTIN H. – 1966
TRENDS EVIDENT IN ADULT READING DURING THE 1960'S IN THE AREAS OF ADMINISTRATION, PROGRAMS, TEACHING, TECHNIQUES, RESEARCH PROJECTS, AND METHODS OF PROMOTION OF READING PROGRAMS ARE DISCUSSED. TWO INSTANCES OF COMMERCIAL EXPLOITATION BASED ON INTENSE AND OFTEN FALLACIOUS ADVERTISING AND ON PUBLIC IGNORANCE ARE CITED. A POSITIVE TREND IN THE AREA…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Reading Programs, Educational Trends, Inner Speech (Subvocal)
Lawson, V. K., Ed.; McKallip, Jonathan, Ed. – 1984
This handbook, which is designed to explain the steps entailed in organizing and administering a volunteer adult literacy program, is organized into three main sections. The following topics are discussed in the opening section on program organization: planning a program calendar; recruiting, training, and establishing the duties of the program…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Montez, Andres R., Ed.; Thom, Stephen, Comp. – 1980
Intended for use by individuals involved in the operation of adult literacy programs, this handbook is a compilation of the successful operational procedures that some of the directors of the Right to Read Reading Academies have used in administering their respective programs. It also attempts to address the programmatic concerns that program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Guidelines
Kops, Joan, Ed. – 1985
This handbook records the creation, development and growth, and stumbling blocks and successes of the Prison Literacy Project (PLP). It is intended to serve as a model for other community groups that are developing their own literacy projects. The handbook provides a history and philosophy of PLP, states PLP's vision and purpose, discusses need,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Education
Eggert, John D. – 1984
In developing a community-based adult literacy program, program planners need to consider who the program will serve, which strategies will best serve the target population of the program, and exactly how much stability and change are to be encouraged in the program. Once the planners of a community-based adult literacy program have answered these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Education
University of the Western Cape, Bellville (South Africa). Centre for Adult and Continuing Education. – 1995
This report traces the development and major accomplishments of the Centre for Adult and Continuing Education (CACE) at South Africa's University of the Western Cape (UWC) since its establishment in 1985. Presented in the introductory section are the CACE's aims and lists of its 1994 staff and 1994 advisory council members. CACE milestones for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Mayer, Steven E. – 1984
This guide is intended to assist individuals involved in the development, administration, and delivery of volunteer-based community adult literacy programs. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the following topics: community (community assessment, learner population, program purposes, public awareness, and partnerships and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy
Darling, Sharon; And Others – 1983
This administrator's quide, one in a series of works dealing with adult literacy education, surveys the essential components of adult literacy program development and management and details the related experience of the Jefferson County Adult Reading Program (JCARP) in Louisville, Kentucky. Addressed in the individual sections of the guide are the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
Werner, Evelyn C., Comp.; Harmon, Cheryl M., Comp. – 1997
This document presents abstracts for 30 projects that were conducted in Pennsylvania in fiscal year 1995-1996 with federal funds allotted to strengthen adult basic and literacy education through experimentation with new methods, programs, and techniques and professional development for personnel working in adult basic education programs. Among the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
