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Demetrion George |
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Titolo |
Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education [[electronic resource] ] : in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy / / George Demetrion |
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Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-62267-1 |
1-282-37900-3 |
9786612379000 |
1-4106-1185-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (336 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Functional literacy - Government policy - United States |
Adult education and state - United States |
Progressive education - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction: In Search of Common Ground Amidst Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education; Chapter 2 Adult Literacy and the Quality of Life; Chapter 3 Workforce Readiness in the Information Age; Chapter 4 Workforce Investment Act/National Reporting System (WIA/NRS); Chapter 5 NLA Polemics: Criticism and Counterarguments; Chapter 6 Defining Outcomes and Impacts of Adult Literacy Education: Enduring Problems and Conflicting Perspectives; Chapter 7 Equipped for the Future: Building the Infrastructure |
Chapter 8 EFF Standards: Linking Pedagogy and Policy in Quest of a National Consensus Chapter 9 Research Traditions: Problems, Paradigms, and Polemics; Chapter 10 Toward a Mediating Pedagogy of Adult Literacy Via Dewey's Model of Inquiry and His Accompanying Metaphor of Growth; Chapter 11 In Quest of a More Perfect Union Through a Double-Vision Perspective of Hope and Skepticism; References; Author Index; Subject Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980's to the present. The main |
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