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Tom Sticht
Dr. Thomas Sticht taught at Harvard University University http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University /> He was awarded the UNESCO’S Mathatma Ghandi’s medal for his twenty five years of service and dedication. 

After retiring in 1999 as the President and Senior Scientist at Applied Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences Inc, Tom Sticht conducted workshops and lectures on adult education and professional development.

Tom Sticht's Research and Academic Career
Tom Sticht created Functional Context training < http://www.instructionaldesign.org/theories/functional-context.html/> for the U.S. Military. Sticht’s biggest contributions has been his research on improving the literacy skills for the new recruits of the U.S. Army <  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army, Navy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy /> and the U.S. Air Force

Functional Context education (Sticht& Kern,1970)  is defined as,instructional strategy that integrates the teaching of literacy skills and job content to move learner more successfully and quickly toward their education and employment goals.(Wider Opportunities for Women, 2009) He later developed training to program to train adults in improving their literary skills. Functional context training stresses of familiar context for the new information so that learners can use the new information to construct on the known concepts and eventually move on to more difficult tasks. Sticht proposed that instructors should formulate better learning environment with real world situations to increase students’ performance.

Sticht contributed to the field of Functional Context Approach where he proposed that it was vital to make learning relevant to learners. The model of Cognitive system consisted of three components; knowledge base meaning prior knowledge of the learner. 2.Processing skills (problem solving, language skills and learning strategies.3. Information displays that present information.

The Fuctional context approach recommends new assessment methods such as measuring functional learning and academic learning 

As a researcher, Dr. Thomas Sticht assed to the research of early childhood education and conducted the first conference on intergenerational transfer of cognitive skills  Many articles was published by Dr Sticht on the role of oral language and the transfer of literacy 

Sticht impacted the principles of Functional Context Education Functional_Literacy which emphasizes on improving literacy skills in the instructional context so that it will be beneficial to learners.

Publications
Sticht contributed to over 170 books, inclusive of chapters, journals, articles, reports and curriculum material books. 

Automotive Trades Knowledge Base (Glencoe Occupational Adult Learning Series) by Thomas G. Sticht and Barbara A. McDonald (Jun 1993)

Construction Trades Knowledge Base (Glencoe Occupational Adult Learning Series) by Thomas G. Sticht, Barbara A. McDonald and Richard Flyer (Jun 1992)

Electricity and Electronics Technology Knowledge Base (Glencoe Occupational Adult Learning) by Thomas G. Sticht and Barbara A. McDonald (Dec 1992)

Health Occupations Knowledge Base (Glencoe Occupational Adult Learning Series) by Thomas G. Sticht and Barbara A. McDonald (Jan 1992) Office Technology (Glencoe occupational adult learning series) by Thomas Sticht (Jun 1992)

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