This booklet, issued as a contribution to the International Education Year, presents various aspects of the problem of advancement of women through access to education, and describes what Unesco is doing in this field. Emphasis is given to the education of women as a factor in the advancement of humanity. The education of women is discussed from…

This study by Louis Harris and Associates was designed to determine the percentage of Americans lacking the functional or practical reading skills necessary to survive in this country. A test on reading and filling out application forms indicated that from 4.3 million to 18.5 million Americans are functionally illiterate. The average range of…

This inventory is designed to assess the degree to which adults who are illiterate possess some of the more commonly acknowledged requisites to learning to read. Instructions for administering the inventory are provided in enough detail to insure a reasonably accurate assessment of visual discrimination and select cognitive abilities. The…

The objectives of this three day seminar were to increase the knowledge about the functionally illiterate adult and his characteristics, research about non-reading adults, materials available for them, public library services and programs for illiterate adults as well as basic adult education activities offered by schools and other community…

Summarizes the proceedings of a Canadian conference on adult basic education. Includes keynote address in which suggestions were made for future action in dealing with illiteracy. It also covers panel presentations on the cost of illiteracy to Canadian society. Focus was on the issues facing adult basic education, particularly government's role.…

Discusses the need to consider those adults in America with less than high school diplomas as a national priority. Notes statistics and information on educational finance and adult educational attainment. Suggests national objectives that focus on these individuals' unalienable rights, and provides a 1- or 5-year plan for reaching these…

An eight-point policy statement on adult education in India is presented, followed by an outline of operational details for putting it into effect. Focus is on combatting illiteracy by providing those citizens with skills for self-directed learning. (LBH)

Both a case study of a middle-aged Mexican migrant woman's attempt to learn to read and write and a personal account of the tutor's discovery of some of the social and psychological factors that kept her illiterate. Discusses methodology, materials, techniques, conflicting conceptions of literacy, and sociocultural expectations. (RDN)

Discusses a project in Melbourne, Australia developed to explore the nature of the problem of illiteracy amongst non-migrant adults who had passed through the school system, to discover what sort of people were illiterate and to what extent, and to examine the influence of home and educational background, and to assess the ability of sensitive and…

This report contains statistics of industrial schools for delinquents for 1921-22. The institutions are all reformatory nature and receive inmates committed to their care by juvenile and other courts. Reports were received from 145 institutions: 30 of these are private institutions controlled by corporation or associations, and they admit children…

Outlines the goals, learning environment, recruitment strategies, and program procedures of the basic adult education program in the U.S. Included are statistical tables. (GB)

Defines the meaning of literacy and other related terms and then examines the relationship between literacy and both social and economic development. The role of communications and the use of different types of media in literacy education are also discussed. (EAO)

Describes the reasons for science, mathematical, and technological illiteracy, which include the current focus on stressing basic skills, and teacher shortages. Solutions listed include elementary-secondary school curricula that emphasize technical areas, increasing faculty science and engineering salaries, and incentives for drawing students into…