Research Catalog

Title

Adult literacy : a handbook for development workers / Paul Fordham, Deryn Holland, Juliet Millican.

Author

Fordham, Paul, 1925-

Publication

Oxford, UK : Oxfam ; London : Voluntary Service Overseas, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Holland, Deryn
• Millican, Juliet
• Oxfam
• Voluntary Service Overseas

Description

x, 170 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

Adult Literacy: A Handbook for Development Workers is written for agency staff with no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers, or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change. Using examples from many countries, the authors give practical guidance, in clear language, for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment. Besides reading, they cover the skills involved in writing, calculating, and interpreting visual images. They suggest ways of using materials that are already available, and how to develop new ones designed for specific situations.

Subject

• Functional literacy > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Reading (Adult education) > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc
• Community development personnel > Developing countries > Handbooks, manuals, etc

Genre/Form

Handbooks and manuals

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 0855983140 (hardback)
• 0855983159 (pbk.)

LCCN

gb^96070198^

OCLC

• 33471064
• SCSB-12631496

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library