Adult literacy and development
Subtitle: stories from the field
By: Alan Rogers and Brian Street
Contributors: Street, Brian; National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)
Publisher: NIACE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781862015746; 9781862015753; 9781862015760; 9781862015784
Subjects: Literacy; Case studies; Cross-cultural studies; Literacy programs; Functional literacy
Description: Of great importance for international practitioners, students, researchers, and policy makers alike, this book brings together adult learning and anthropology and introduces a picture of the world of adult literacy today; explores relationships between the teaching and learning of literacy and numeracy, and literacy practices in daily life.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-229) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. Exploring literacy in the field; title: Pt. 2. Adult literacy learning programmes; title: Pt. 3. Some implications for policy and practice.