Review of adult learning and literacy : connecting research, policy, and practice. volume 6 / edited by John Comings, Barbara Garner, Christine Smith.
Material type: TextPublisher: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [2006]Copyright date: ©2006Description: xvii, 299 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0805854592
- 9780805854596
- 0805854606
- 9780805854602
- 374.012 22
- Selected chapters available online.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 374.012 REV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A399420B |
"A project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / John Oxenham -- Ch. 1. The year 2003 in review / Noreen Lopez -- Ch. 2. Demographic change and low-literacy Americans / Brad Edmondson -- Ch. 3. The role of vocabulary instruction in adult basic education / Mary E. Curtis -- Ch. 4. Research in spelling : implications for adult basic education / Diane J. Sawyer and M. Tara Joyce -- Ch. 5. Issues in teaching speaking skills to adult ESOL learners / Kathleen M. Bailey -- Ch. 6. The preparation and stability of the ABE teaching workforce : current conditions and future prospects / M. Cecil Smith -- Ch. 7. Overview of the adult literacy system in Ireland and current issues in its implementation / Inez Bailey -- Ch. 8. Beyond single interests : broad-based organizing as a vehicle for promoting adult literacy / Michael A. Cowan -- Resources on community organizing / Michael A. Cowan.
"Review of adult learning and literacy : connecting research, policy, and practice, volume 5 is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning"--Book jacket.
Selected chapters available online.
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