Effective literacy programmes
Subtitle: options for policy-makers
By: John Oxenham
Series: Fundamentals of educational planning -- 91
Publisher: Unesco, International Institute for Educational Planning
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9789280313185
Subjects: Literacy programs; Education and state
Description: The fourth goal set by the Dakar Forum on Education for All (EFA) in 2000 aimed to "achieve a 50 per cent improvement in levels of adult literacy by 2015, especially for women, and equitable access to basic and continuing education for all adults". However, the EFA Global Monitoring Report for 2006 estimated that 50 countries were at risk or serious risk of not achieving this goal. Despite a century of experience in running adult literacy programs, the empirical comparative evidence on what makes for the most effective strategies, teaching methods and learning materials remains surprisingly scarce. This paper uses what hard evidence there is to discuss the options that education and curriculum planners can consider, whether they are governmental or non-governmental. Starting from the operational meaning of 'literacy' and the implications of a human right to literacy, this publication looks at what can realistically be expected from a literacy project and explores the different options available to education policy-makers and national development planners to ensure that their own countries do achieve this literacy goal.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-127) and "Suggestions for further reading" (p. 128-136).

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Table of contents: title: Introduction, purpose and definitions; title: The case for adult education with literacy; title: Expectations for well-run literacy programmes; title: Options for planning and implementing literacy; title: Options for implementation on the ground; title: Options in monitoring, evaluation and assessment; title: Options for lifelong learning : keeping up with the cutting edges of information and communication technologies; title: Conclusion.