TY  - BOOK
AU  - Comings,John P.
AU  - Garner,Barb
AU  - Smith,Cristine A.
ED  - National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (U.S.)
TI  - Review of adult learning and literacy: connecting research, policy, and practice
SN  - 0805854592
U1  - 374.012 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Mahwah, N.J.
PB  - Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
KW  - Elementary education of adults
KW  - Literacy
KW  - Literacy programs
KW  - Functional literacy
N1  - "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; Selected chapters available online
N2  - "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
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