Author: Publisher:
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Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Adult Literacy and New Technologies
Author: Models of Excellence in Adult Learning
Author: Adult Literacy
Author: Ernest L. FieldsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business and education
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Directory of Adult Literacy Programs in Rhode Island
Author: Rhode Island Adult Literacy CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Elementary education of adults
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Improving Adult Literacy Instruction
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309219590
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life, including supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness in the global economy. Yet, more than 90 million U.S. adults lack adequate literacy. Furthermore, only 38 percent of U.S. 12th graders are at or above proficient in reading. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction synthesizes the research on literacy and learning to improve literacy instruction in the United States and to recommend a more systemic approach to research, practice, and policy. The book focuses on individuals ages 16 and older who are not in K-12 education. It identifies factors that affect literacy development in adolescence and adulthood in general, and examines their implications for strengthening literacy instruction for this population. It also discusses technologies for learning that can assist with multiple aspects of teaching, assessment,and accommodations for learning. There is inadequate knowledge about effective instructional practices and a need for better assessment and ongoing monitoring of adult students' proficiencies, weaknesses, instructional environments, and progress, which might guide instructional planning. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction recommends a program of research and innovation to validate, identify the boundaries of, and extend current knowledge to improve instruction for adults and adolescents outside school. The book is a valuable resource for curriculum developers, federal agencies such as the Department of Education, administrators, educators, and funding agencies.
A Community-Based Approach to Literacy Programs: Taking Learners' Lives Into Account
Author: Peggy A. SisselPublisher: Jossey-Bass
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
New areas of interest and scholarship are emerging in relation to the needs, concerns, and contexts of adult learners in literacy programs. A learner's gAnder, ethnicity, and cultural and educational background, in conjunction with the learning setting, all affect the Adult Basic Education experience. Understanding these aspects of learners' lives is critical to meeting their learning needs. Encouraging a community-based appreach that takes account of the reality of learner's lives, this volume offers suggestions for incorporating knowledge about a learner's particular context, culture, and community into adult literacy programming. The purpose is to encourage reflection and discussion among practitioners, program developers, and policy makers as they work toward meeting the needs of their own communities of various kinds. This is the 70th issue in the journal series "New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education." For more information on the series, please see the Journals and Periodicals page
Adult Literacy in New Jersey
Author: New Jersey Council on Adult Education & LiteracyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Adult literacy and new technologies : tools for a lifetime.
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology AssessmentPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428920757
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Adult Literacy
Author: Diane LongfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Adult Literacy, the Key to Lifelong Learning
Author: University of the State of New York. Office of Continuing EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adult education
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description