1.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991001491989707536

Autore

Weinberg, Gladys Davidson, 1909-2002

Titolo

Vessel glass / by Gladys D. Weinberg and E. Marianne Stern

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J. : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2009

ISBN

9780876612347

Descrizione fisica

XXXIII, 214 p., [71] p. di tav. : ill. ; 32 cm.

Collana

Athenian Agora ; 34

The Athenian Agora : results of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens ; 34

Altri autori (Persone)

Stern, E. M.

Soggetti

Vetrerie antiche - Grecia - Atene

Agora (Atene, Grecia)

Atene (Grecia) Antichità

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibliografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958193803321

Autore

Demetrion George

Titolo

Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education : in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy / / George Demetrion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005

ISBN

1-135-62267-1

1-282-37900-3

9786612379000

1-4106-1185-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

374/.012/0973

Soggetti

Functional literacy - Government policy - United States

Adult education and state - United States

Progressive education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980's to the present. The main



focus is a descriptive analysis of three distinctive schools of literacy: the Freirean-based participatory literacy movement grounded in oppositional politics and grass-roots community activism; the British-based New Literacy Studies that focuses on the ways in which diverse students utilize various literacy practices in their daily lives; and the U.S. federal government's focus on functional literacy linked to a 45-year policy emphasis on workforce readi