Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education : in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy /

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An historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present. The main focus is a descriptive analysis of three schools of literacy: the Freirean-based participatory literacy movement; the British-based New Literacy Studies; and the U.S. federal g...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Demetrion, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
Temas:
Functional literacy > Government policy > United States.
Adult education and state > United States.
Progressive education > United States.
Alphabétisation fonctionnelle > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Éducation des adultes > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Éducation progressive > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Adult & Continuing Education.
EDUCATION > Non-Formal Education.
Adult education and state
Functional literacy > Government policy
Progressive education
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; 1 Introduction: In Search of Common Ground Amidst Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education; 2 Adult Literacy and the Quality of Life; 3 Workforce Readiness in the Information Age; 4 Workforce Investment Act/National Reporting System (WIA/NRS); 5 NLA Polemics: Criticism and Counterarguments; 6 Defining Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education: Enduring Problems and Conflicting Perspectives; 7 Equipped for the Future: Building the Infrastructure; 8 EFF Standards: Linking Pedagogy and Policy in Quest of a National Consensus.

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