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TABLE OF CONTENTS

REPORT SUMMARY
 
  1. Major Impacts
  2. Essence Of The Impacts
  3. A Conceptual Model and Hypothesis
  4. Implications For Planning and Delivering ABE/Literacy Resources
   
INTRODUCTION
 
CHAPTER I – LIVES BEFORE AND DURING ABE
 
  1. Past Experiences
  2. Why Participants Started ABE
  3. The Experience Of Participating In ABE
   
CHAPTER II – IMPACTS OF THE ABE EXPERIENCE
 
  1. Those Who Were Well. Served By The ABE Experience
    1. Learning About The World (Educational Impacts)
    2. Discovering Themselves (Psychological and Social Impacts)
    3. Acting in the World (Community and Economic Impacts)
  2. Those Who Were Not Well Served By The ABE Experience
  3. The Impacts As Expected By ABE Instructors
    1. Educational and Functional Gains
    2. Psychological and Social Changes
    3. Community and Economic Participation
   
CHAPTER III – DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS
 
  1. Summary And Comparative Review Of The Impacts
    1. Educational Impacts
    2. Psychological and Social Impacts
    3. Community and Economic Impacts
    4. A Comparison With Instructors' Expected Impacts
  2. The Essence Of The ABE Impacts Set In A Learning to Learn Model
    1. Learning to Learn: The Essence Of The ABE Impacts
    2. Developing the Learning to Learn Model
    3. A Context for Learning to Learn
  3. Implications for Planning and Delivering ABE/Literacy Resources
    1. Rethinking The Drop-out Label
    2. Systemic Support For Life-long Learning
    3. Connecting With Others
    4. Contributing To The World
    5. The Role Of Adult Basic Education In The Economy and Society

APPENDICES
  APPENDIX A
    Terms Of Reference
  APPENDIX B
    Research Methodology
 
  APPENDIX C
    Introduction of Interviewees
 
  APPENDIX D
    Definitions of Literacy
 
  APPENDIX E
    Release Form
 
  APPENDIX F
    Phyllis's Story
 
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 
  ADULT BASIC EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA / ABOUT THE AUTHORS

TABLES AND FIGURES
  TABLE A
    Process Themes Core Variable: Living Intentionally
  TABLE B
    ABE Experiences in Relation to the Living Intentionally Process
 
  FIGURE I
    The Interactive Nature of the Elements in the Learning to Learn Model of ABE Impacts

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