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ERIC Number: EJ484490
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0266-0830
Literacy on the Agenda: The Origins of the Adult Literacy Campaign in the United Kingdom.
Withnall, Alexandra
Studies in the Education of Adults, v26 n1 p67-85 Apr 1994
Investigates factors in the development and implementation of two national literacy campaigns in the early 1970s, conducted by the British Broadcasting Corporation and the British Association of Settlements. Identifies the influence upon adult literacy today of issues arising in the campaigns: definition of literacy, arbitrary estimates of illiteracy, and the conception of illiterate persons as invalids. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, National Programs, Politics of Education, Student Characteristics
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: British Association of Settlements; British Broadcasting Corporation; Great Britain