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Loeffler, Cynthia A.; Martin, Thomas C. – 1982
A study researched the existence of established Adult Basic Education (ABE) curricula for incarcerated adult inmate/students in state correctional education programs, specifically the functionally illiterate. All 50 State Departments of Corrections were surveyed by questionnaire; 44 responded. ABE was a basis for curricula according to 37.6% of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demography
Fargo, G. A. – 1981
The literacy training strategy of the Brazilian educator Paulo Freire has gained a great deal of recognition over the past 15 years. In Freire's method, the context of the learner's life is carefully studied to find the critical issues in the formulation of dialogue between teacher and learner. A basic vocabulary then is generated to insure power…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits
American Association of Advertising Agencies Contract Center, Lincoln, NE.
In an effort to help alleviate functional illiteracy this directory identified organizations and individuals that are actively working to increase adults' functional competencies. The major organizations listed in the directory include state departments of education and local affiliates of the International Reading Association, Literacy Volunteers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Directories, Functional Literacy
Download full textFRANCK, DOROTHEA SEELYE
THE NEED FOR AN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION CENTER IS ILLUSTRATED BY STATISTICS ON ILLITERACY IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE 1960 CENSUS. ELEVEN PERCENT OF ADULTS WERE FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE AND NEARLY 2.3 MILLION HAD NEVER BEEN ENROLLED IN A SCHOOL. CONCERN TO ERADICATE ILLITERACY IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD IS SHOWN IN UNESCO'S RESOLUTION AND…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Functional Literacy
Scheier, Elaine – 1969
A study compared the effectiveness of Learning 100 (L-100), a multimedia, multimodal, multilevel communication skills system, with that of a more conventional reading program with functional illiterates in Bedford-Stuyvesant, a ghetto area in Brooklyn, New York. In January, 1968, under the Title III Adult Education Act of 1966, Adult Basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Conventional Instruction, Disadvantaged
Fisher, Donald L. – 1978
Schools have come under sharp criticism for their apparent ineffectiveness in reading instruction, due to interpretations of recent functional literacy survey results. Several of the major surveys are examined in this document, and in some cases their data are reanalyzed to answer additional questions. The conclusion reached from this examination…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Adult Literacy, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
American Bar Association, Washington, DC. Clearinghouse for Offender Literacy Programs. – 1973
As an initial effort to assess reading in correctional institutions, a questionnaire was sent to some 70 state directors of corrections, both adult and juvenile, by the National Clearinghouse for Offender Literacy Programs which is sponsored by the American Bar Association, the American Correctional Association, and the National Association of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Functional Literacy
Nafziger, Dean H.; And Others – 1975
Currently available measures of functional literacy for adults are reviewed and evaluated. This report concentrates on tests that are referenced to literary skills important to an adequately functioning adult, such as life skills, coping skills, etc. Because functional literacy has frequently been defined in terms of a grade level equivalent or…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Criterion Referenced Tests, Evaluation
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1975
The Brazilian Literacy Movement (MOBRAL-El Movimento Brasileno de Alfabetizacion de Adultos) is discussed in terms of its legal and conceptual bases, organization, participants, technical aspects, and effectiveness. Established by law December 15, 1967 to lower the illiteracy rate in Brazil by improving educational opportunities for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs
Wood, Freddie – 1969
The document contains papers, working group and discussion reports, and statements by participants of a UNESCO Workshop on the evaluation of functional literacy projects, held at the University of London Institute of Education, August, 1969. The objective of the workshop was to enable people engaged in the evaluation of functional literacy and…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Educational Media
Sticht, Thomas G. – 1974
This paper reviews research which indicates that (1) more adults spend more time at job related reading than at any other type of reading; (2) materials written for functional purposes (job manuals, newspapers) are often too difficult for the people who are supposed to read them; (3) secondary English courses focus more on teaching reading and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, English Curriculum, Functional Literacy
Burgess, Linda, Comp. – 1971
This report summarizes the discussion emerging from the issues raised at the Esfahan Seminar on Functional Literacy and Family Planning Education. It is divided into six chapters. Chapter I describes the seminar design, pointing out that it was structured to fulfill the major purposes of the Seminar, one of which was to help each participating…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Contraception, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
Veri, Clive C.
Recommendations for assisting the functionally illiterate adult are given. These include: (1) administration of quality adult education programs to them, (2) administration of basic education programs with LOGICAL OUTREACH components, (3) positive incentives for learning, (4) exemplary teachers, (5) proper evaluation, and (6) maximum cooperation…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Quality
Rossman, Mark H. – 1971
The hypothesis of this study was that a predominantly localized visual-aural recruitment package would be effective in attracting and recruiting functionally illiterate adults into Adult Basic Education programs. In order to test this hypothesis, data pertaining to past and current methods of recruiting students to Adult Basic Education programs…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Communications, Functional Literacy
Schofield, Dee – 1976
The back-to-basics movement in part has resulted from public alarm over the increase in functional illiteracy--students' inability to solve everyday problems requiring basic language and mathematics skills. Although not all its adherents are politically and educationally conservative, those who support fundamentalist schools certainly are. These…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Basic Skills, Discipline, Educational Philosophy
