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Download full textOntario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on illiteracy among young people (aged 16-30) in Canada. The discussion centered mainly on French-speaking Canadians and school dropouts. Panelists declared that the present adult literacy education system focuses on adults and that young people cannot fit into that system.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper provides a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on learning disabilities among people in adult literacy programs in Canada. Panelists discussed several definitions of learning disabilities, such as processing difficulties, physical difficulties, and receptive difficulties. They debated the usefulness of labeling persons with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Improvement
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper, translated from French, is a transcript of a roundtable discussion on workplace literacy programs in Canada (especially in Quebec). During the roundtable, the panelists discussed various workplace literacy programs being conducted in their companies through joint partnerships of employers and unions, sometimes with government financial…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Attitudes, Employee Attitudes
Newman, Roberta L. – 1993
Based on observations of hundreds of school-age child care programs across the nation and conversations with parents, children, and professionals in school-age care, this videotape and viewers' guide is intended to help parents, caregivers, and interested citizens to develop quality school-age programs in their communities. The materials are…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
Ontario Dept. of Education, Toronto. – 1991
This paper is a transcript of a videotaped roundtable discussion on the role of volunteers in adult literacy in Canada. The participants expressed concern that tutors may not be able to provide the quality of learning experience for adult students that trained teachers could and that volunteers could be taking jobs that should go to trained…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Educational Improvement
O'Connor, Susan; And Others – 1996
Assessing School-Age Child Care Quality (ASQ) is a five-step process which guides program staff as they evaluate the quality of their program so they can develop priorities and improve achievement of goals. The five steps in the ASQ process are: (1) preparing for program improvement; (2) gathering information; (3) building the Action Plan; (4)…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Educational Environment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Ratcliff, Dale L. – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop a microcomputer program that would allow vocational agriculture instructors and students to enter information concerning a supervised occupational experience program (SOEP) into the computer. From there the program was to assist students to summarize that information from multiple entries and to print it out in…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Agricultural Education, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
