This dissertation study investigates the complexities of the relationship between literacy and international development in Indonesia. I focus on the Literacy Boost program from the international non-governmental organization Save the Children, and I explore how the program was differentially implemented and received in two sites:…

Evaluation may provide a mechanism by which educators involved in a literacy program may become self-aware, self-monitoring, and self-critical. The major section of this publication examines eight questions related to evaluation: (1) Why evaluate? (2) Who is the evaluation for? (3) What questions should the evaluation address? (4) What resources…

The Adult New Reader Collection-Model Project proposed to serve five targeted groups by providing literacy, language development, and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) materials. The five groups included: literacy tutors; students identified by the staff and matched to their trained tutors; adult library users not connected to a literacy program…

The Army's Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) was studied to consider whether it was properly designed to determine the basic skills needed in Army jobs and to be effectively implemented. Information and reports on BSEP were reviewed, and three major commands were selected for evaluation. In designing the program, the Army did not identify the…

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…

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…

In 1945, the American Council on Education created the civilian Commission on Implications of Armed Forces Educational Programs to study the armed forces education of World War II and its possible effects on postwar civilian education. Those features of the wartime training and education programs which appeared to be worthy of adaptation and…

This 1975 handbook consists of three books to be used, together or independently, by administrators in developing, implementing, and evaluating an adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) program. The first book, an administrator's checklist, is designed as an inventory that specifies succinctly the critical and significant program elements. The…

A study investigated the ways in which the provision for adult literacy in Northern Ireland has developed since 1975. Questionnaires were circulated to program organizers, tutors, and other personnel to determine (1) enrollment patterns, (2) program organization and the evolution toward "adult basic education," (3) personnel resources…

The Farmers Training and Functional Literacy Programme, initiated by the government of India in 1968, was an effort to translate into practice the concept of linking education (not only vocational training) to development, particularly for increasing production. The project, a joint enterprise of three government ministries, provides participating…

Prepared in connection with the World Congress of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy (Teheran, September 8-19, 1965), this UNESCO report on literacy as a factor in development focuses on worldwide literacy education and the dimensions of illiteracy, the role of literacy in economic and technological development and in social…

The following papers were produced by participants and resource persons on specific issues of planning, management and implementation of literacy and post-literacy strategies: "People's Participation and Mobilization: Characteristics of the Literacy Campaigns in China" (Yanwei); "Strategies for Mobilization and Participation of…

The annual evaluation of a Texas regional resource center is presented. The center provides training and technical assistance for school district personnel participating in programs for limited English proficient (LEP) students. Federally funded and housed in the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, it serves 800 school districts with a…

The final performance report of Project Learning TIP (To Improve Productivity), a federally-funded program to improve the work-related skills of Dade County, Florida hospital workers, is presented in seven sections. The first outlines specific project objectives for recruitment, literacy gains, course completion, achievement, English language…

Intended for adult, community, and continuing education personnel, this catalog contains citations of 345 resources in the Community and Continuing Education Information Service (CCEIS). The citations are those selected as being of the most value to the operation and further development of community and continuing education programs. Information…