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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED340916 AUTHOR: Goffinet, Sylvie Anne; Van Damme, Dirk
TITLE: Functional Illiteracy in Belgium. UIE Studies on
Functional Illiteracy in Industrialized Countries 6.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 191 p.
ABSTRACT: This book provides a historical overview of
illiteracy as a social phenomenon in Belgium, examines
public policies, and profiles literacy in the French and
Flemish communities. It is organized in six chapters. The
first chapter presents an overview of literacy in Belgium,
with information on the educational system and cultural
diversity. Chapter 2 reviews the problem of illiteracy and
its elimination in Belgium in the context of general and
adult education. Chapter 3 analyzes illiteracy in relation
to the problems of failure at school, marginalization, and
socio-educational rejection. Chapter 4 examines a number of
government measures taken in different areas relating to
illiteracy. Finally, chapters 5 and 6 describe the various
literacy movements in the French and Flemish communities.
(KC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Adult-Basic-Education;
Cultural-Influences;
Cultural-Pluralism; Educational-Philosophy; Functional
Literacy; Government-Role; Policy-Formation; Public-Policy
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Adult-Literacy; *Educational-History;
*Educational-Policy; *Illiteracy-; *Literacy-Education;
*Program-Implementation
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