Rethinking literacy education : the critical need for practice-based change / B. Allan Quigley.
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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix07/96021258.html - Table of contents
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- ISBN: 078790287X
- Physical Description: xv, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c1997.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-274) and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part one: illiteracy through society's eyes. Myths, rhetoric, and stereotypes about literacy ; The popular perspective and the media ; The political perspective and literacy programs -- Part two: how teachers and administrators view illiteracy. Rethinking educational approaches ; What textbooks can communicate -- Part three: engaging nonparticipants and dropouts. Understanding attrition and improving retention ; Why many resist, and ways to recruit them -- Part four: takin action to transform literacy education. Grounding programs and policies in practical knowledge ; Literacy educators as leaders of effective change -- Resource A: prior schooling and self-perception inventory -- Resource B: adult education organizations and associations. |
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