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Download full textCarpentieri, J.D.; Mallows, David; Amorim, José Pedro – Adult Literacy Education, 2020
Adult basic education (ABE) policies aim to help adults improve their literacy, numeracy and information and communications technology skills, as well as their qualifications, often in pursuit of economic gains such as better employment and earnings. The large-scale improvement of skills and qualifications has been referred to as a wicked policy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Information Technology, Literacy, Numeracy
Zeamer, Charlotte A. – Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 2020
This article describes the unique benefits of discourse analysis, a qualitative sociolinguistic research methodology, for evaluating financial literacy counseling. The methodology is especially promising for organizations that may lack the resources to implement "gold standard" large scale, randomized, experimental, or quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Money Management, Discourse Analysis, Counseling, Sociolinguistics
Direct linkDavison, Ian; Harrison, Tom; Hayes, Dan; Higgins, Jenny – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2016
Character education is of growing importance in educational discourse. The Knightly Virtues programme draws on selected classic stories to teach eight moral virtues to nine- to 11-year-olds; it has proved to be hugely popular with UK schools. A finding of the trial was the different levels of "virtue literacy" in faith and non-faith…
Descriptors: Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Program Descriptions, Moral Values
Morris, Stephen P.; Wishart, Robert; Husain, Fatima; Marshall, Lydia; Vojtkova, Martina – Educational Research, 2019
Background: A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted to test whether the offer of Family Skills, a programme targeted at the parents of reception year (4-5 year-old) pupils with English as an Additional Language (EAL), raised attainment. Purpose: There is little existing evidence of whether family literacy programmes delivered in school…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Family Literacy, Preschool Children, Literacy Education
Thies, Linda C. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2016
Most Australian universities articulate some policies around the integration of graduate learning outcomes in courses. This paper draws on a Federal Government funded project that adopted a developmental approach to students' acquisition of course learning outcomes, through the embedding of academic literacies in course curricula. The project was…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Academic Discourse, Program Evaluation, Foreign Countries
Daghé, Sandrine Aeby; Leopoldoff, Irina; Cordeiro, Glaís Sales; Schneuwly, Bernard; Thévenaz, Thérèse; Toulou, Simon – UNESCO International Bureau of Education, 2017
This report presents the results of the diagnostic study conducted between October 2013 and December 2014, as part of an ambitious capacity-building project targeting the increase of children's literacy levels across three West African countries. The project "Improving Learning Outcomes in Early Grade Reading: Integration of Curriculum,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Reading Instruction, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Bademci, Ozden H.; Karadayi, Figen E. – Child Care in Practice, 2013
Street children are the most excluded group of people in any society. The general attitude towards them is to criminalise and pathologise. The "To-gather with Children Project" (TCP) has been developed by the Maltepe University Research and Application Centre for Street Children (SOYAC) in Istanbul and implemented in conjunction with the…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Intervention, Social Services, Literacy
Kröninger-Jungaberle, Henrik; Nagy, Ede; von Heyden, Maximilian; DuBois, Fletcher – Health Education Journal, 2015
Background: REBOUND is a novel media-based life skills and risk education programme developed for 14- to 25-year olds in school, university or youth group settings. This paper outlines the programme's rationale, curriculum and implementation. It provides information of relevance to researchers, programme developers and policymakers. Methods/design…
Descriptors: Risk, Health Education, Films, Resilience (Psychology)
Kim, Youn-Hee; Kohls, Robert; Chun, Christian W. – Language Teaching, 2009
The Modern Language Centre addresses a broad spectrum of theoretical and practical issues related to second and minority language teaching and learning. Since its foundation in 1968, the quality and range of the Centre's graduate studies programs, research, and development projects and field and dissemination services have brought it both national…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Read, John – Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2008
The increasing linguistic diversity among both international and domestic students in English-medium universities creates new challenges for the institutions in addressing the students' needs in the area of academic literacy. In order to identify students with such needs, a major New Zealand university has implemented the Diagnostic English…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Undergraduate Students, Needs Assessment, Language Tests
Moss, Marc; Hiller, Jordan; Moore, Douglas – 1999
AmeriCorps is composed of three programs, State and National; National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC); and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA). The focus of this report is on the AmeriCorps State/National program. Education-related activities have been a priority for AmeriCorps' parent organization, the National Corporation for Public…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Literacy, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Hamilton, Edwin – Graduate Studies Journal, 1984
Describes and discusses adult education and community development in Nigeria, specifically in the Bendel State. Provides a brief history of adult education and community development and describes several programs, methods, and techniques. Highlights the Mass Literacy Campaign as the major priority. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Cooperative Programs, Literacy
Bird, Viv – 2002
This paper delineates a family literacy symposium in which the five participants discussed their different perspectives which reflected their particular viewpoints and pathways through family literacy in the past 10-20 years. Peter Hannon's contribution concerned the development of family literacy practice and research in England, in which he…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingualism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedMcHugh, Frank; And Others – College Teaching, 1986
Eastern Michigan University's opportunity program for underprepared students, called the Promote Academic Survival and Success (PASS) program, is described. The improvement of the students' reading and writing skills was emphasized. This was seen as the most direct way for the students' to achieve academic competence and self-integration. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, English Instruction, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Johnson, Jessie; And Others – 1994
This report describes the All Day Kindergarten (ADK) Program undertaken at 18 elementary schools in Columbus, Ohio, and presents an evaluation of the language development component of the program. ADK provides an extra half day of instruction, using a language-based curriculum to reinforce the skills, concepts, and educational experiences taught…
Descriptors: Attendance, Disadvantaged, Emergent Literacy, Full Day Half Day Schedules
