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- Informal adult learning and everyday literacy practices. Taylor, Maurice C. // Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy;Mar2006, Vol. 49 Issue 6, p500
This article investigates the types of informal learning activities that adults with low literacy skills engage in and how these activities relate to their literacy practices. Forty percent of the participants were categorized as an International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) level 1, while 60%...
- ADULT LITERACY CHALLENGE: THE 7 Ms. Soriano, Cecilia // Convergence;2007, Vol. 40 Issue 3/4, p181
Beyond 3Rs to learning within political action to functional literacy to the skills, the discourse on adult literacy has primarily been defined by civil society organizations. This article presents thoughts on adult literacy programs coming from educators and advocates and the underlying...
- SHOPPING [FOR] POWER: HOW ADULT LITERACY LEARNERS NEGOTIATE THE MARKETPLACE. Ozane, Julie L.; Adkins, Natalie Ross; Sandlin, Jennifer A. // Adult Education Quarterly;Aug2005, Vol. 55 Issue 4, p251
Little empirical evidence exists on how adult literacy learners act as consumers. Yet, adult literacy programs often employ a "functional" approach to consumer education and assume that adult learners are deficient in consumer skills. Data from a qualitative study of the consumer behaviors of...
- Adult skills 'must be demand-led.'. // Education (14637073);12/8/2006, Issue 250, p1
The article discusses the results of the Leitch review of workforce skills in Great Britain. The research concludes that employers, individuals and the government must improve their efforts by increasing investment and action, ensuring a basic platform of skills for all, increasing access and...
- INTERGENERATIONAL FAMILY LITERACY: WORKING TOGETHER. Grabsch, Brenda E.; Toomey, Derek M. // Australian Journal of Social Issues;Aug97, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p283
This paper brings intergenerational family literacy programs to the attention of both an education and a social welfare readership. It describes how they benefit both children of parents with unmet literacy needs and the parents themselves. The paper presents results from a Department at...
- Adult Literacy: a herculean task. Wagner, Dan // UNESCO Sources;Apr2000, Issue 122, p13
Reports on major challenges facing adult literacy programs in different parts of the world. Estimated literacy rate by regions; Reason for the continuing high number of illiterate adults; Learning achievement and basic learning needs; Standard for literacy. INSET: Education reaching out.
- We're getting there. Bateson, Geoff // Adults Learning;Dec2006, Vol. 18 Issue 4, p20
The article reveals that adult skills levels in literacy and numeracy in Birmingham, England is showing improvement. The trend, when 2006 outcomes were compared with 2001, was a consistent improvement in mean scores achieved at each of the levels assessed. The mean score for literacy level 2,...
- A critique of centralized curricula in literacy programs: The case of Botswana. Maruatona, Tonic L. // Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy;May2002, Vol. 45 Issue 8, p736
Examines the Botswana National Literacy Program (BNLP) curriculum for adult literacy. Background on centralization and decentralization; Overview of socioeconomic conditions in Botswana; Information on the activities and problems of centralization in the BNLP; Recommendations.
- Adult literacy in New Zealand: Issues in policy, practice and biculturalism. Caunter, Jan // Convergence;1990, Vol. 23 Issue 4, p48
Examines the progress of literacy programs in New Zealand. Formation of the Adult Reading and Learning Federation; Qualifications of literacy workers in the country; Auckland Adult Literacy Scheme.
