Introduces and examines a model for evaluating workplace literacy programs. Focuses on changes in literacy practices, beliefs about personal effectiveness with literacy, reading processes, literacy abilities, and changes in educational plans. Finds programs were most effective at improving learner literacy performance, literacy strategies and…

Considers, in this "eclectic" review of research, three complementary ways in which the nature of the connection between homes and school can be problematized: (1) congruence of family life with the agenda of schooling; (2) intimacy, or depth of understanding, between teachers and parents; and (3) sociocultural productivity of the interaction…

Examines the construct of reader preference along the lines of gender and social class. Argues that children's expressions of preference are often enactments of what they believe it means to be categorically male or female, whereas their ways of relating to different genres of text, and how they choose to read, often enact the material logic of…

Generates a description of the elements that supported students' performance in a university history course. Concludes that students who were flexible in their belief systems about learning and history, perceptions of task, and strategic approaches were the ones who succeeded in the course. Notes that students who performed better in the course…

Considers how two preservice students' histories as readers and students of literature intersected with their secondary-school literature course and how their developing stances on teaching literature changed as they moved through their preservice teaching. Illustrates the impact of a secondary literature course and preservice teaching on…

Examines the phonological awareness and home experiences of 59 prekindergartners from different sociocultural groups. Notes that two demographic variables, maternal education and ethnicity, made significant contributions to rhyme sensitivity. Suggests that children's rhyme sensitivity may be influenced by engagement in word games and book…

This document published biannually, consists of two double issues of a newsletter devoted to literacy across the curriculum in Canada and elsewhere. Each double issue contains the following: feature articles; annotated bibliographies and reviews; local news; conference announcements and other announcements; and descriptions of events and resource…

A UNESCO survey on the use of the broadcasting media in combating adult illiteracy indicates a steady increase in their use. (AG)

In a question-answer interview, a former national project director in Iran highlights some of the achievements in an experimental functional literacy project conducted in an agricultural area and an industrial region of Iran. (AG)

Describes a proposed national crusade in Iran designed to achieve by 1988 at least 85 percent literacy within the age group 7 to 50 years. The crusade is discussed in terms of mobilization of illiterates and social change agents, organization of the crusade, educational approaches, basic education objectives, changes in knowledge and behavior, and…

The Draft Medium-Term Plan described covers a 6-year period (1977-1982), and was presented at the 19th Session of the General Conference of Unesco. The plan calls for studies and research which would present a truer picture of the problems of world illiteracy, and would include the establishment and updating of a central file of adult literacy…

Explores government adult basic education (ABE) statistics in one fundamental area, the present level of illiteracy in the United States, concentrating particularly on changes in illiteracy levels during the 1960's. (WL)

Following notes on the extent of illiteracy in the Third World, a model is outlined for a functional literacy program with focus on the roles of the village worker and of the participants. (WL)