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: Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 83, fall 1999; New directions for adult and continuing education -- no. 83.
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: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Policy issues that drive the transformation of adult literacy -- Elizabeth Hayes; title: Critical issues and dilemmas for adult literacy programs under welfare reform -- Barbara Sparks; title: Research on adult literacy education in the welfare-to-work transition -- James C. Fisher; title: Continuum of literacy program models: alternative approaches for low literate welfare recipients -- Larry G. Martin -- The; title: brave new world of workforce education -- Eunice N. Askov, Edward E. Gordon -- The; title: new role of community-based agencies -- Daniel V. Folkman, Kalyani Rai; title: New skills for literacy educators -- John M. Dukes -- Epilogue / Larry G. Martin, James C. Fisher.