Talking About Literacy : Principles and Practice of Adult Literacy Education.
Explores the theory behind adult literacy education - discussing the arguments in favour of literacy, and analysing principles by which literacy may be creatively learned, looking in detail at context, equality and community.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
1992
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; On writing books; The shape of this book; PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATION; Liberating literacy; The illiterate as someone else; Authors and interviewees; Describe or quantify?; Authentic voices; THE TRUTH FOR NOW; Truths for teachers, truths for students; Truth or fiction?; Truth and talk; Truth and style; LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS; Questions: asked and unasked; Literacy: how do we talk about it?; Needs and interests; Context and outreach; Class and literacy: some themes; THE TEACHER-RESEARCHER; Context and menus.
