LEADER 03589nam 22006494a 450 001 9910958193803321 005 20251116165220.0 010 $a1-135-62267-1 010 $a1-282-37900-3 010 $a9786612379000 010 $a1-4106-1185-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000244580 035 $a(EBL)227454 035 $a(OCoLC)475934151 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000128648 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137117 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000128648 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10069162 035 $a(PQKB)10222364 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC227454 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL227454 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10103801 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL237900 035 $a(OCoLC)936891426 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000244580 100 $a20040511d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConflicting paradigms in adult literacy education $ein quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy /$fGeorge Demetrion 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMahwah, N.J. $cL. Erlbaum Associates$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (336 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8058-4624-7 311 08$a0-8058-4623-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and indexes. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aChapter 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aFunctional literacy$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 606 $aAdult education and state$zUnited States 606 $aProgressive education$zUnited States 615 0$aFunctional literacy$xGovernment policy 615 0$aAdult education and state 615 0$aProgressive education 676 $a374/.012/0973 700 $aDemetrion$b George$01186438 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958193803321 996 $aConflicting paradigms in adult literacy education$94497236 997 $aUNINA