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