| Description |
228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science,
0002-7162 ;
v. 520
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Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science ; v. 520.
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| Note |
"March 1992." |
| Contents |
World literacy : research and policy in the EFA decade / Daniel A. Wagner -- Universal adult literacy : policy myths and realities / Stephen P. Heyneman -- Literacy in a larger context / Manzoor Ahmed -- Literacy research, policy, and practice : the elusive triangle / John Ryan -- Literacy and human resources development : an integrated approach / John E.S. Lawrence -- Women and literacy : promises and constraints / Nelly P. Stromquist -- Functional literacy : north-south perspectives / Adama Ouane. |
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Reading instructions for using commercial medicines / Thomas Owen Eisemon, Jeanne Ratzlaff, and Vimla L. Patel -- Mother-tongue literacy in Nigeria / J.T. Okedara and C.A. Okedara -- Functional literacy, health, and quality of life / A. El Bindari Hammad in collaboration with C. Mulholland -- Women and literacy in Morocco / Jennifer E. Spratt -- Raising literacy under fragile state institutions / Bruce Fuller -- Children's literacy and public schools in Latin America / Emilia Ferreiro. |
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Literacy efforts in India / Anil Bordia and Anita Kaul -- Sociolinguistic minorites and scholastic difficulties in France / Geneviève Vermes and Michèle Kastenbaum -- Literacy acquisition in Peru, Asia, and the United States / Harold W. Stevenson and Chuansheng Chen. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Literacy.
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Literacy. |
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Functional literacy.
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Functional literacy. |
| Added Author |
Wagner, Daniel A., 1946-
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Puchner, Laurel D.
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| ISBN |
0803944799 paperback |
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0803944780 cloth |
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