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

• Autore: Demetrion George
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 374/.012/0973
• Soggetto topico: Functional literacy - Government policy - United States; Adult education and state - United States; Progressive education - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education
• ISBN: 1-135-62267-1; 1-282-37900-3; 9786612379000; 1-4106-1185-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449937003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II