literacy
- Impact of reproductive health focussed literacy projects on adolescent girls in Nepal
- Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003
- This paper reports on a study that examines the impact of a health-focused literacy class in Nepal that combines reproductive health knowledge along with literacy training. The project is entitled 'Lalima' and this paper assesses it&#...
- Better livelihoods through literacy or literacy through livelihoods skills?
- John Oxenham; Abdoul Hamid Diallo; Anne Ruhweza Katahoire; Anna Petkova-Mwangi; Oumar Sall / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Does literacy come first and development follow? How much literacy is needed as a pre- requisite to development? Can effective training in livelihood skills be added to large scale literacy programmes? Or is it more effective to add l...
- Tackling adult illiteracy: encouraging news from Uganda
- Anthony Okech; Roy A. Carr-Hill; Anne R. Katahoire; Teresa Kakooza; Alice N. Ndidde; John Oxenham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As the number of adult literacy programmes grows, is there evidence that they work? How can we evaluate whether those who have passed through adult education schemes have achieved basic literacy? Should donors do more to fund adult li...
- Reading between the lines: why literacy for women?
- Anna Robinson-Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Can we be sure that literacy really promotes ‘development’? Is literacy a universal skill that can be delivered by all aid workers? What kinds of skills should literacy programmes for women emphasise? Why do women often drop...
- Throwing away the primer: the 'real literacies' approach to adult literacy
- Alan Rogers / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What do we mean by 'illiterate'? Are we being misled by UNESCO rhetoric that literacy is the key to development? What happens when we herd into class individuals who may have nothing in common except for the fact they have been labell...
- Basic education at a distance – new strategies for achieving Education For All
- Chris Yates; Jo Bradley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- At the beginning of the 21st century, about one-fifth of the world’s population is functionally illiterate, unable to participate fully in their societies, or protect their basic rights. Could open and distance learning (ODL) hel...
- Reading and writing in the real world: new directions for post literacy?
- Alan Rogers; Bryan Maddox; Juliet Millican; Katy Newell Jones; Uta Papen; Anna Robinson- Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can adults who have developed some proficiency and confidence in literacy improve and develop their new reading and writing skills? Adult literacy programmes often include two components: initial literacy training offering reading...
- Adult literacy students write their own textbooks. Actionaid's REFLECT programme
- David Archer / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Imagine an adult literacy class in which the students write their own 'primer'. The idea is not strange to participants in the Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) adult literacy programme. D...
- Scientifically backed methods more effective for adult literacy
- H. Abadzi / World Bank Publications, 2003
- Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness training to help connect ...
- How are sustainable livelihoods approaches applicable to literacy programmes?
- J. Scott-Goldman / Khanya - Managing Rural Change CC, 2001
- The aim of this article is to stimulate ideas around how educators could deliver effectivenon-formal literacy programmes particularly in the context of development. The article presents an analysis of why existing programmes fail to m...
- Impact of reproductive health focussed literacy projects on adolescent girls in Nepal
- Centre for Development and Population Activities, 2003
- This paper reports on a study that examines the impact of a health-focused literacy class in Nepal that combines reproductive health knowledge along with literacy training. The project is entitled 'Lalima' and this paper assesses it&#...
- Better livelihoods through literacy or literacy through livelihoods skills?
- John Oxenham; Abdoul Hamid Diallo; Anne Ruhweza Katahoire; Anna Petkova-Mwangi; Oumar Sall / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Does literacy come first and development follow? How much literacy is needed as a pre- requisite to development? Can effective training in livelihood skills be added to large scale literacy programmes? Or is it more effective to add l...
- Tackling adult illiteracy: encouraging news from Uganda
- Anthony Okech; Roy A. Carr-Hill; Anne R. Katahoire; Teresa Kakooza; Alice N. Ndidde; John Oxenham / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- As the number of adult literacy programmes grows, is there evidence that they work? How can we evaluate whether those who have passed through adult education schemes have achieved basic literacy? Should donors do more to fund adult li...
- Reading between the lines: why literacy for women?
- Anna Robinson-Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Can we be sure that literacy really promotes ‘development’? Is literacy a universal skill that can be delivered by all aid workers? What kinds of skills should literacy programmes for women emphasise? Why do women often drop...
- Throwing away the primer: the 'real literacies' approach to adult literacy
- Alan Rogers / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- What do we mean by 'illiterate'? Are we being misled by UNESCO rhetoric that literacy is the key to development? What happens when we herd into class individuals who may have nothing in common except for the fact they have been labell...
- Basic education at a distance – new strategies for achieving Education For All
- Chris Yates; Jo Bradley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- At the beginning of the 21st century, about one-fifth of the world’s population is functionally illiterate, unable to participate fully in their societies, or protect their basic rights. Could open and distance learning (ODL) hel...
- Reading and writing in the real world: new directions for post literacy?
- Alan Rogers; Bryan Maddox; Juliet Millican; Katy Newell Jones; Uta Papen; Anna Robinson- Pant / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can adults who have developed some proficiency and confidence in literacy improve and develop their new reading and writing skills? Adult literacy programmes often include two components: initial literacy training offering reading...
- Adult literacy students write their own textbooks. Actionaid's REFLECT programme
- David Archer / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Imagine an adult literacy class in which the students write their own 'primer'. The idea is not strange to participants in the Regenerated Freirean Literacy through Empowering Community Techniques (REFLECT) adult literacy programme. D...
- Scientifically backed methods more effective for adult literacy
- H. Abadzi / World Bank Publications, 2003
- Two cognitively oriented methods were tested in Burkina Faso to help illiterates learn to read more efficiently. These were (a) speeded reading of increasingly larger word units and (b) phonological awareness training to help connect ...
- How are sustainable livelihoods approaches applicable to literacy programmes?
- J. Scott-Goldman / Khanya - Managing Rural Change CC, 2001
- The aim of this article is to stimulate ideas around how educators could deliver effectivenon-formal literacy programmes particularly in the context of development. The article presents an analysis of why existing programmes fail to m...
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