The welfare-to-work challenge for adult literacy educators
By: Larry G. Martin, James C. Fisher, editors
Contributors: Fisher, James C; Martin, Larry G
Series: New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 83; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1999
Place of publication: San Francisco, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Literacy; Welfare recipients; Adult education -- Study and teaching
Notes: "Fall 1999"

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: Policy issues that drive the transformation of adult literacy / Elisabeth Hayes; value: Critical issues and dilemmas for adult literacy programs under welfare reform / Barbara Sparks; value: Research on adult literacy education in the welfare-to-work transition / James C. Fisher; value: Continuum of literacy program models: alternative approaches for low-literate welfare recipients / Larry G. Martin; value: The brave new world of workforce education / Eunice N. Askov, Edward E. Gordon; value: The new role of community-based agencies / Daniel V. Folkman, Kalyani Rai; value: New skills for literacy educators / John M. Dirkx; value: Epilogue / Larry G. Martin, James C. Fisher