Improving adult literacy outcomes : lessons from cognitive research for developing countries / Helen Abadzi.

By:

Abadzi, Helen, 1951- [author.]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0821354930
9780821354933

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

302.2244091724 21

LOC classification:

LC149.7 .A23 2003

Contents:

1. Background: Adventures in Adult Literacy -- 2. Cognitive Science in the Service of Adult Literacy -- 3. Instructional and Social Issues of Literacy Acquisition -- 4. Policy Implications of Cognitive Literacy Methods -- Annex A. Improving Reading Performance in Adult Literacy Classes of Burkina Faso -- App. Literacy Tests and Questionnaire.

Review: "Teaching basic reading skills to one billion adult illiterates in the world is challenging. Adult literacy programs in developing countries often have low efficiency and may make relatively few participants literate. Efforts to improve outcomes have focused on institutional development, adult education philosophy, textbooks, motivation, and social issues. Little attention has been paid to the cognitive mechanisms that enable the learners' brains to perceive and interpret written patterns in a few milliseconds. Yet, considerable research has been conducted in this area since brain imaging became possible, partly to remedy dyslexia, that is frequent in industrialized countries. Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes summarizes pertinent research in layman terms and applies findings to the acquisition of literacy by unschooled adults in lower-income countries."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-108) and index.

"Teaching basic reading skills to one billion adult illiterates in the world is challenging. Adult literacy programs in developing countries often have low efficiency and may make relatively few participants literate. Efforts to improve outcomes have focused on institutional development, adult education philosophy, textbooks, motivation, and social issues. Little attention has been paid to the cognitive mechanisms that enable the learners' brains to perceive and interpret written patterns in a few milliseconds. Yet, considerable research has been conducted in this area since brain imaging became possible, partly to remedy dyslexia, that is frequent in industrialized countries. Improving Adult Literacy Outcomes summarizes pertinent research in layman terms and applies findings to the acquisition of literacy by unschooled adults in lower-income countries."--BOOK JACKET.

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