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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Adult literacy education"”.
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Teacher Preparation and Professional Development in Adult Literacy Education
Adult literacy educators enter into teaching positions where they are entrusted with the education of adult learners, often without any prior preparation, and with very little guidance on how to actually teach the learners in their classes. Many “happen upon” jobs teaching adult literacy education, …
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Virtual study sessions for adult literacy education teachers’ multilingual awareness
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-10-20 without embargo terms
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Voices in a Knowledge Conversation : an exploration of two narrative representations of Adult Literacy Learners
As a result of policy changes in adult literacy education in England in recent years, political and public narratives about adult literacy learners have become dominated by the notion of skills deficit, demonstrating a disregard for adult learners’ lives and life experiences beyond employment and …
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The contribution of literacy education in raising the standard of living: A case study of two Namibian informal settlements
The Ministry of Education Arts and Culture in Namibia has historically invested resources into adult literacy education to ensure the realization of both national and international undertakings. However, despite such efforts, scores of Namibian citizens are still in need of a literacy education …
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The contribution of literacy education in raising the standard of living: a case study of two Namibian informal settlements
The Ministry of Education Arts and Culture in Namibia has historically invested resources into adult literacy education to ensure the realization of both national and international undertakings. However, despite such efforts, scores of Namibian citizens are still in need of a literacy education …
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Challenges and their resolutions in the promotion and provision and adult literacy: A case of Lufwanyama District Copperbelt province,Zambia
… at investigating the challenges encountered by adult literacy programs in Lufwanyama District. The necessity to review the adult literacy programs stemmed from the fact that the Zambian Government had committed itself to providing continued and distance education to its adult citizens for …
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Perceptions of College Readiness and Social Capital of GED completers in entry-level college courses
… <p>Examining the efficacy of literacy improvement, general education development (GED) completion, and GED completers’ perceptions of college readiness and social capital was the purpose of this study. The participant sample (<em>n=321</em>), derived from the target population …
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Capitalizing on literacy: federal adult education policy in the 20th century
This dissertation argues that federal adult education policy adheres to a human capital discourse that reinforces the flawed perception that literacy acquisition alone begets individual and, by extension, national economic progress. To illuminate the lasting influence of this discourse and the …
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Investigating the tripartite aspects of transactional distance in a blended multimedia adult literacy programme
… the role of transactional distance in an Adult Basic Education and Training Level One (ABET L1) multimedia, blended learning programme. While empirical research acknowledges that dialogue assumes an important role in mediating the communicative chasm between adult learner and facilitator, …
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Factors associated with Adult Literacy Student Outcomes in Campus-based versus Community-based programs
… of Georgia (TCSG) formally trains over 100,000 adult literacy students each year free of charge at a variety of campus-based and community-based programs located at community centers, churches, libraries, or businesses. A common, yet unproven, assumption among senior administrators and adult …
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Using inclusive research with participants with learning (intellectual) disability to better inform adult literacy policies in Aotearoa New Zealand
Western ideas about disability and literacy were developed in tandem during the Industrial Revolution and subsequently brought to Aotearoa New Zealand via colonisation. These ideas inform and reinforce educator attitudes, which are the leading factor impeding adults with learning [intellectual] …
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"It is possible to reinvent yourself!” An analysis of the learning lives and lived experience of adult literacy students in a Further Education context
… presents an analysis of the life stories of four adult literacy learners studying on a Skills for Life course in a Further Education context in the south west of England, three of whom are returning to education for the first time in their adult lives. Drawing on data generated by semi-structured …
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Administration and practice of adult education in the Lagos State of Nigeria
… of the Lagos State Government's provisions for adult education with special reference to functional literacy, continuing and remedial education and vocational training.It was aimed at acquainting the planners and executors of adult education in the State with the magnitude of the assignment …