Talking About Literacy : Principles and Practice of Adult Literacy Education.

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Explores the theory behind adult literacy education - discussing the arguments in favour of literacy, and analysing principles by which literacy may be creatively learned, looking in detail at context, equality and community.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mace, Jane
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London : Routledge, 1992.
Subjects:
Functional literacy > Great Britain.
Reading (Adult education) > Great Britain.
Alphabétisation fonctionnelle > Grande-Bretagne.
Lecture (Éducation des adultes) > Grande-Bretagne.
Functional literacy
Reading (Adult education)
Great Britain
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; On writing books; The shape of this book; PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATION; Liberating literacy; The illiterate as someone else; Authors and interviewees; Describe or quantify?; Authentic voices; THE TRUTH FOR NOW; Truths for teachers, truths for students; Truth or fiction?; Truth and talk; Truth and style; LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS; Questions: asked and unasked; Literacy: how do we talk about it?; Needs and interests; Context and outreach; Class and literacy: some themes; THE TEACHER-RESEARCHER; Context and menus.

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