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Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1994
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contents Oakland Public Library Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LCSA) Title VI Library Literacy Program. Adult Basic Education Adult Literacy Audiotape Recordings Autobiographies Instructional Materials Interviews Library Extension Library Role Literacy Education Material Development Oral History Program Effectiveness Program Implementation Reading Instruction Teaching Methods A project at the Oakland Public Library produced four volumes of oral histories, edited on four different reading levels, from beginning to intermediate, to correspond with the Laubach reading series. One consultant performed the three jobs of interviewer, transcriber, and writer, and two autobiographies were written rather than spoken by intermediate-level students with the assistance of their tutors. Photographs were taken of each student and family photos were included as well. Nine students were involved in the project. The oral histories and autobiographies were printed as books and will be used as textbooks for the 300 students in the Second Start Adult Literacy Program, as well as students in other programs throughout California and the United States. The students involved in the project increased their self-esteem and their interest in learning. An unexpected effect of the project is that the oral histories so concisely explain adult illiteracy that they are useful in promoting the library's program to potential supporters and legislators. (KC)
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spellingShingle Oakland Public Library Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LCSA) Title VI Library Literacy Program.
Adult Basic Education
Adult Literacy
Audiotape Recordings
Autobiographies
Instructional Materials
Interviews
Library Extension
Library Role
Literacy Education
Material Development
Oral History
Program Effectiveness
Program Implementation
Reading Instruction
Teaching Methods
Oakland Public Library Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LCSA) Title VI Library Literacy Program. Adult Basic Education Adult Literacy Audiotape Recordings Autobiographies Instructional Materials Interviews Library Extension Library Role Literacy Education Material Development Oral History Program Effectiveness Program Implementation Reading Instruction Teaching Methods A project at the Oakland Public Library produced four volumes of oral histories, edited on four different reading levels, from beginning to intermediate, to correspond with the Laubach reading series. One consultant performed the three jobs of interviewer, transcriber, and writer, and two autobiographies were written rather than spoken by intermediate-level students with the assistance of their tutors. Photographs were taken of each student and family photos were included as well. Nine students were involved in the project. The oral histories and autobiographies were printed as books and will be used as textbooks for the 300 students in the Second Start Adult Literacy Program, as well as students in other programs throughout California and the United States. The students involved in the project increased their self-esteem and their interest in learning. An unexpected effect of the project is that the oral histories so concisely explain adult illiteracy that they are useful in promoting the library's program to potential supporters and legislators. (KC)
title Oakland Public Library Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LCSA) Title VI Library Literacy Program.
topic Adult Basic Education
Adult Literacy
Audiotape Recordings
Autobiographies
Instructional Materials
Interviews
Library Extension
Library Role
Literacy Education
Material Development
Oral History
Program Effectiveness
Program Implementation
Reading Instruction
Teaching Methods
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED415371