Table 6-15: Distribution of Responses about the Type of Materials
Used in ABE Programs

 
  Type of Resources Number % of Responses  

 
Textbooks and workbooks 50 26.0%
  "Anything I can find" 21 11.0%  
  Teacher-made materials 21 11.0%  
  Laubach literature 19 10.0%  
  Newspapers and magazines 19 10.0%  
  Materials developed by
     institution offering program

9

5.0%
 
  Popular readers 9 5.0%  
  Packaged teaching materials 8 4.0%  
  Speakers 6 3.0%  
  Ministry of Education materials 5 3.0%  
  Games 3 1.0%  
  Civic and medical pamphlets 3 1.0%  
  Frontier College materials 2 1.0%  
  Other 12 7.0%  



6.4.2. Portrayal of Women in ABE Materials

Fifty-eight responses were given to this question. Most respondents said that women were portrayed in existing ABE materials in traditional female roles (see Table 6-16).




Table 6-16: Distribution of ABE Programs by Portrayal of Women
in Materials

 
  Portrayal of Women Number % of Responses  

 
Traditional 21 36.2%
  Nontraditional 18 31.0%  
  Both 19 32.7%  



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