The elusive art of NGO literacy
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- Cultural literacy. Pentony, Joseph F. // Adult Basic Education;Spring97, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p39
Presents a validity study and a proposal for improving adult literacy. Reliability of the Cultural Literacy Test (CLT); Methods and result of the study; Implications for improving adult literacy by using cultural literacy materials.
- The young and the illiterate. Jenkinson, Michael // Alberta Report / Newsmagazine;12/25/95, Vol. 23 Issue 2, p37
Reports that according to the study `Literacy, Economy and Society,' released by Statistics Canada in December 1995, one in three Canadian young adults suffers from severe reading problems. Details of the study; Statistics about the reading levels of 16- to 25-year-old Canadians; Reasons for...
- A matter of definition: Researchers push for spectrum of skills to describe literacy. West, Peter // Education Week;10/13/93, Vol. 13 Issue 6, p6
Focuses on the implications of the results of a study on adult literacy. 47 percent of the nation's adult population scoring the lowest levels on the tests used to define literacy; Authors of the report's different way of defining literacy; Adoption of the view that literacy is a spectrum of...
- Becoming a provider. Staggard, Suzzane // APLIS;Sep90, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p167
Reviews current events in the adult literacy field of Victoria. Roles of program coordinators and regional adult literacy and basic education officers; Regional Councils of the Victorian Division of Further Education; Funding sources; Networks; How to become a registered provider.
- Adult illiterates: A voice. Sabto, Gina // APLIS;Sep90, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p172
Focuses on the voice of adult illiterates in Australia who make up the case studies of the author's research for her doctoral thesis titled `Adult Illiteracy: Four Case Studies.' Definition of authorial voice; Psychosocial approach; Conventions of talking; Conversation and sociability.
- Reviews. Eraclides, George // APLIS;Mar91, Vol. 4 Issue 1, p63
Reviews a collection of papers entitled `Adult Literacy Seminar: A Public Libraries Division/State Library of Queensland Seminar,' compiled by Joanna Reid.
- Two reports urge specific action to improve adult literacy in U.S. // Reading Today;Dec2000/Jan2001, Vol. 18 Issue 3, p44
Discusses two reports released in September 2001 which offered strategic plans for improving adult literacy in the United States. `Benchmarking Adult Literacy in America: An International Comparative Study'; `From the Margins to the Mainstream: An Action Agenda for Literacy.'
- Lifelong learning. // Vocational Education Journal;Feb96, Vol. 71 Issue 2, p14
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- View from the grassroots and shop floor. Marshall, Judith // Convergence;1991, Vol. 24 Issue 1/2, p3
Reports on the world wide consultation on non-governmental (NGO) adult literacy efforts held in Windhoek, Namibia, in October 1990. Consultation process; Focus on the issues of gender and literacy; Non-governmental and government relations in literacy; Materials production and training for...
- History of the adult literacy program in Antigua. George, Gordon // Convergence;1991, Vol. 24 Issue 1/2, p65
Reports on adult literacy in Antigua. Context for literacy programs; Challenges to literacy including the use of bad English; Holding of a workshop on teaching adult literacy in April 1989; Establishment of the Adult Literacy Program in December 1989.
