[AAACE-NLA] Papers for NIFL Advisory Board

[Thomas Sticht]

National Institute for Literacy
Meeting of the National Advisory Board                  February 2-3, 2005

I have prepared six background papers for the National Institute of
Literacy's National Advisory Board which will meet February 2-3, 2005.
Following is a list of the six papers. Four of the six have appeared on
the aaace-nla list. I would be glad to send anyone an electronic  copy of
the papers as an MS Word file using Internet Explorer as my browser. Just
send me an email: tsticht at aznet.net

Tom Sticht
International Consultant in Adult Education

Papers for the NIFL Advisory Board:

Paper #1. Literacies Required for a 21st Century Workforce:
Preparing Youth and Adults for Proficiency in the Academic, Technical and
Cultural Literacies required by a Complex Work World, February 22, 2005

Part 1. Functional Context Education Reforms Needed
in High Schools, Community Colleges, and Adult Basic Education

Part 2. Functional Context Education Principles and Practices:
Three Online Resources

Part 3. Impact of FCE on Federal Government Projects

Paper #2. In the 21st Century, No Adult Left Behind, January 14, 2005
        The President’s No Child Left Behind High School Initiative

        Need to Upgrade the Adult Education and Literacy System

Paper #3. Some Misunderstandings About Reading, January 4, 2005
        Misconceptions about Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension, Listening
and
Reading, Teaching Reading

Paper #4. Early Childhood Education and Early Adulthood Education:
A Life Cycles Perspective for Educational Policy, October 23, 2004

Cost-Benefits of Early Childhood Education

Influence of Parents Education

All Children Have a Right to Educated Parents

Paper #5. Literacy Frees the World: A Vision of the Future Through a Prism
of the Past, October 23, 2004

The Literacy Frees the World Tour

Part 1: Adult Literacy Education and the Four Freedoms: Freedom of Speech
and Expression, Freedom of Worship, Freedom From Want, Freedom From Fear

Part 2: Contemporary Concepts in Adult Literacy Education: Life Cycles
Education and Sustainable Development; Multiple Literacies for the
Knowledge Societies of the 21st Century; Globalization and the Urgent Need
for Adult Literacy Education

Paper #6. Making the Nation Smarter by Strengthening the Adult Education
and Literacy System, August 29, 2004

The Adult Education and Literacy System:
Poised to Become a Mainstream Education System

Action Steps Present and Future Policymakers Should Take