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RTI International, 2024
Adult education programs play a critical role in preparing immigrants and New Americans (multilingual learners) for employment by building English language skills and supporting workforce preparation and training. Addressing multilingual learners' economic integration needs, one of the three pillars of immigrant integration, along with civic and…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Federal Legislation
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Kinsey, Sharon B. – Journal of Extension, 2011
Action Learning can be effectively used in both large and small businesses and organizations by employees, stakeholders, or volunteers through this "learning by doing" approach to evaluate an issue or issues of importance to the organization. First developed in the 1940s, Action Learning has increasingly been used as a method to explore questions…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Teaching Methods
Hopkins, Dorothy – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1986
Describes the Chinese effort to eliminate adult illiteracy. The author discusses purposes of adult education, history of adult literacy education, adult illiteracy statistics, the design of literacy education, curriculum construction, teaching methods, evaluation of the literacy education process, impact of literacy education, and implications of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Educational History, Foreign Countries
Spener, David – 1990
The Freirean approach to adult literacy education bases the content of language lessons on learners' cultures and personal experiences. This approach has been used in the developing world in successful native and second language literacy projects sponsored by governments and voluntary organizations in both urban and rural settings. The two most…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre. – 1975
This bibliography consists of a select list of books having to do with literacy teaching, the majority of which are UNESCO publications. Most entries have been published since 1970. (CLK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Literacy, Literacy Education
Vejarano, Gilberto M.; And Others – 1989
This booklet presents the ideas that came out of the Regional Meeting for Adult Literacy and Rural Development. The meeting took place in September 1981 at the Regional Center for Adult Education and Functional Literacy for Latin America (CREFAL) in Mexico. Basically, a discussion of adult literacy in the rural areas of Latin America is presented.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Development
Koen, Susan – 1986
A study was conducted to describe and analyze the types of curricular and instructional approaches currently being used in adult literacy programs in New York City. A small representative sample of 16 programs and 48 staff members were selected for study. Information was gathered through onsite observation and interviews with 39 staff members.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Curriculum Design
Atkins, A. June – 1992
Designed for use by persons interested in simultaneously initiating a child-care and parent literacy instructional program, this handbook presents a model for the literacy education of families with young children. The handbook begins with definitions of family literacy and discusses the rationale and purpose of a family literacy program. Part 1…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Day Care, Demonstration Programs
Auerbach, Elsa Roberts – 1992
This guide offers ideas for adult literacy curriculum development using a participatory approach. Its intent is not to prescribe a curriculum but to raise issues associated with the varied needs of limited-literacy students and with development of curricula to address these needs. An introductory section discusses how the guide evolved and can be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
Farren, Sean; Todd, Mary – 1986
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…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Schultz, Katherine – 1992
Although the National Workplace Literacy Program is relatively new, a new orthodoxy of program development based on particular understandings of literacy and learning has emerged. Descriptions of two model workplace education programs are the beginning points for an examination of the assumptions contained in most reports of workplace education…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Course Content
Letourneau-Fallon, Pamela; And Others – 1996
This document is designed to engage workplace educators in thinking about the ideas and issues that the BEST [Better Education Skills Training] team have found to be important in shaping how they conduct their workplace education program. Its format is that of answers to questions that shape program planning and implementation. Students'…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Beliefs
McCollum, Heather; Russo, Alexander W. W. – 1993
This study reports on nine family literacy projects that focus on families whose primary language is not English. The first six projects fall under the Kenan service model, which sees that children receive more or as many services as adults and is organized around children's needs. These include the Canoncito Family Support/Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education
Harris, Joan E. – 1984
In response to the increasing number of constraints affecting adult education, South Carolina has designed an approach to adult literacy that makes efficient use of limited resources. The program, which has been designed so that it can be adapted to conditions prevalent in local communities, centers around the development of political, social, and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Community Support
Rogers, Alan; Cohen-Mitchell, Joanie; Manandhar, Udaya – 2000
This training manual is intended for use as the basis of a training program by a trainer or as a tool for self-directed learning by an independent reader. An introduction (Chapter 1) looks at the user in relation to the training program: who will use the training manual, locating oneself, building on one's relationship with adult literacy learning…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
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