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Adult Literacy |
The Adult Literacy Media Alliance's (ALMA) mission is to help adults gain basic reading, writing, math, and life skills. ALMA creates innovative, educationally sound, and entertaining television-based teaching materials and cultivates community networks to support ALMA learners. TV411, ALMA's magazine-format television series (with ancillary print materials and an instructional Web site) is aired on more than 100 stations nationwide. Visit the Web site of TV411. Read an interview with the project director of ALMA, Alex Quinn. |
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Resources for Parents |
EDC developed and launched a major region on the PBS Web site that can help parents promote the language and literacy development of children from birth through age eight. EDC continues to add resources and further articles on language- and literacy-related topics, such as parent-child book clubs and using computers with young children. Visit the PBS Parents Web Site. Read a feature article about the PBS/EDC collaboration. |
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Mother Tongue Literacy |
EDC’s Education Quality for All (EQUALL) project is designed to radically improve teaching and learning throughout Ghana. The program features “mother tongue literacy,” and begins by teaching children to read and write in their local language before introducing English instruction, Ghana’s official language. Read a feature article about the EQUALL project, which includes a multimedia slideshow. |
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Digital Literacy |
Researchers at EDC's Center for Children and Technology (CCT) conducted a one-year comparative study of children’s use of computers in low- and middle-income homes. The study, Children's Emerging Digital Literacies: Investigating Home Computing in Low- and Middle-Income Families, explores the digital divide as a literacy issue, rather than merely a technical one, and offers recommendations to support children’s acquisition of digital literacy. Read an article from Mosaic about the study. Download a copy of the report from CCT's Web site. (PDF format, Adobe Acrobat required). |
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Women’s Literacy in Afghanistan |
Afghanistan has begun the process of rebuilding itself following years of war, natural disaster, and Taliban rule. EDC is taking part in this effort by partnering with UN-Habitat, with funding from USAID, to conduct the Afghanistan Literacy and Community Empowerment Program (LCEP). An integrated community development initiative, LCEP focuses on literacy, building capacity for income generation, and local governance. With a special focus on ensuring that Afghani women have the opportunity to fully participate in its activities, the project has established the Women’s Teacher Training Institute in Kabul. Read an article from EDC Update about this project
(PDF file, Adobe Acrobat required). Read a feature article about First Lady Laura Bush’s visit to the Women’s Teacher Training Institute. |
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