On behalf of Thomas Sticht:
Colleagues: Welcome to Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (AEFLW), September 22-28, 2019! In recognition of AEFLW I note that on October 5th the world celebrates World Teachers Day (WTD), initiated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1994. The WTD was initiated to celebrate and commemorate the 1966 adoption of the “Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers” formulated by the International Labor Organization (ILO) and UNESCO.
To celebrate AEFLW and WTD I am offering my 5th free lottery drawing of 2019. In this drawing I have prepared three sets of prizes, each with (1) materials about adult literacy education from UNESCO and, (2) materials to represent the ILO’s report on the education of workers with low literacy skills (Barbee, 1986). Barbee’s report for the ILO reviews research on teaching work-related skills to adults with low literacy skills. In it he synthesized guidelines for developing programs. The first guideline states: “ Literacy training should be built into vocational and technical skills training. … This would mean that in planning vocational and technical skills training programmes a literacy component should be built in using "functional context" principles.” Note that this guideline is consistent with the 2014 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), Title 2 focus on integrated basic skills and technical skills education.
In keeping with the ILO report’s guidelines and WIOA’’s work-related basic skills education, I have included in each of the three sets of drawing prizes a group of vocational education books that integrate the teaching of job knowledge with the teaching of the basic skills of reading and mathematics. The three sets of drawing prize materials include:
Set 1. Re UNESCO’s work on adult literacy: A 87 page volume entitled “The struggle against illiteracy throughout the world” published by UNESCO. This includes a number of photos from major campaigns against illiteracy, including the well-known Nicaragua campaign with slogan, “Alfabetizacion es Liberacion!” Re: The ILO’s focus on functional context education with integrated vocational training and basic skills education: a set of books about working in the Construction Trades including a vocational textbook and reading and mathematics basic skills workbooks to use with the textbook.
Set 2. Re UNESCO’s work on adult literacy: A 111 page volume entitled “On the Ground: Adventures of Literacy Workers” published by UNESCO. This includes a number of chapters by teachers and other adult educators about the trials, tribulations, and rewards of working in the field of adult basic skills education. Re: The ILO’s focus on functional context education with integrated vocational training and basic skills education: a set of books about working in the Electricity and Electronics Technology trades including a vocational textbook and reading and mathematics basic skills workbooks to use with the textbook.
Set 3. Re UNESCO’s work on adult literacy: A 115 page report of UNESCO’s World Symposium on Family Literacy and a 16 page report entitled “Teach the Mother and Reach the Child”. Re: The ILO’s focus on functional context education with integrated vocational training and basic skills education, a set of books about working in Health Occupations, including a vocational textbook and reading basic skills workbook to use with the textbook.
If you would like to enter this drawing send me an email and I will put your name into my little red lottery box! My email address is: tgsticht@gmail.com.
Winners of my previous drawings are welcome to enter this new drawing.
I will announce the winners of this drawing on World Teachers Day, October 5th, 2019.
I look forward to hearing from you during this Adult Education and Family Literacy Week!
Tom Sticht
References
Barbee, D. (1986). Methods of Providing Vocational Skills to Individuals with Low Literacy Levels: The U.S. Experience. Discussion Paper No. 1. International Labour Office (ILO), Geneva, Switzerland. (Available online using a Google search).
UNESCO. (2008). The ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (1966) and The UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel (1997) With a User’s Guide. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and International Labour Organization. (Available online using a Google search).