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Learning to read and write, and to write creatively, is a hard task for most children, and for those with learning difficulties it is especially hard. In the two schools visited in this programme, various...
Examines the questions relating to adult literacy programmes in the context of rural development. Although filmed in Bangladesh, it is concerned with the general issues raised, using Bangladesh as a case...
The reading ability of both juniors and infants was enhanced when a school in east Hertfordshire piloted a new approach to reading in liaison with the Schools Psychological Service.
Self-instsruction techniques for increasing reading speed and improving comprehension. Covers: how to determine current reading speed; overcoming the six most common reading problems; traits of naturally...
At one time parents were prevented from helping with the education of their children at school, but now they are actively encouraged through schemes such as PACT, an acronym of PArents, Children, Teachers....
Aims to explain a school’s approach to reading and emphasises the need to enlist the help of parents in teaching children to read. Shows a child reading at home where books form part of her background and...
Illustration of activities covered in Adult Basic Education Services. Shows tutors working with students in fields of literacy, numeracy, life skills and also the work being developed in the sphere of...
Looks at Neil Postman’s controversial theory that childhood was created by the printing press. Discusses what a child’s life was like in the medieval period prior to the invention of the printing press...
Based on the work of the Reading Materials for Minority Groups Project (1982-5) run by Jennie Ingham at Middlesex Polytechnic. Research showed that children from ethnic minority groups are more likely to...
There are at least two million adults in Britain who are illiterate. This film follows the experience of adult literacy students in Wells and Leeds gaining insight into the problems of adult learners and the...
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