Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education : in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy / / George Demetrion
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| Autore: |
Demetrion George
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| Titolo: |
Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education : in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy / / George Demetrion
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| Pubblicazione: | Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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 | |
| 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.: | 9910958193803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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