Tutoring Older Adults in Literacy Programs. Literacy Education for the Elderly Project [microform] / Bella Jacobs and Catherine Ventura-Merkel
- Bib ID:
- 5483399
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Jacobs, Bella
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED286002
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- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1986
- 36 p.
- ISBN:
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- 9780910883252
- 0910883254
- Summary:
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This booklet is designed to sensitize volunteer literacy tutors to the special needs and interests of illiterate older learners. It also gives useful tips for creating successful and self-rewarding learning experiences. The first section on the world of older adults with literacy problems describes some of the characteristics of this group. In the next section, reasons for participation and nonparticipation in a literacy program are discussed. Success tips for tutors are provided. These include gaining the students' trust, making learning goal-oriented, adapting one's teaching style, keeping motivation high, meeting students' needs, evaluating personal goals regularly, relying on peer supports, selecting appropriate teaching materials, using learning contracts, and being alert to learning problems. A chart summarizes techniques that can make tutoring a success; learning needs of older adults are correlated with ways in which tutors can help meet these needs. The final section addresses developing self-sufficiency. Topics include building confidence, broadening horizons, and expanding skills. (YLB)
- Notes:
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- Availability: National Council on the Aging, Inc., Publications Department, P.O. Box 7227, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, DC 20044 (Order No. 130-ER--$4.95 plus $1.50 shipping and handling).
- Sponsoring Agency: Mars Foundation, McLean, VA.
- Sponsoring Agency: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (ED), Washington, DC.
- ERIC Note: For related documents, see CE 048 277-278.
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- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
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- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1986
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