Adult Literacy As Social Practice

Author : Uta Papen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134260225

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Adult Literacy as Social Practice by Uta Papen Pdf

With a radically new perspective on reading, writing and mathematics for adults, this refreshing and challenging book shows how teachers and curriculum developers have much to gain from understanding the role of literacy in learners' lives, bringing in their families, social networks and jobs. Looking at the practicalities of how teachers and students can work with social practice in mind, Adult Literacy as Social Practice is particularly focused on: * how a social theory of literacy and numeracy compares with other theoretical perspectives * how to analyze reading and writing in everyday life using the concepts of social literacy as analytical tools, and what this tells us about learners' teaching needs * what is actually happening in adult basic education and how literacy is really being taught * professional development. With major policy initiatives coming into force, this is the essential guide for teachers and curriculum developers through this area, offering one-stop coverage of the key concepts without the need for finding materials from far-scattered sources.

Author : Open University
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1853592153

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Language and Literacy in Social Practice by Open University Pdf

Compiled for use in the Open University MA course E825. The 15 articles sample the ideas over the past decade on the importance of social factors in language and literacy development. They include theoretical and ethnographic accounts, cross-cultural and historical perspectives, and explorations of the political aspects and the discourses within which language and literacy are discussed. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Kerry Lawless
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Adult education
ISBN : 1871737923

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Literacy As a Social Practice by Kerry Lawless Pdf

Author : Juliet McCaffery,Juliet Merrifield,Juliet Millican
Publisher : Oxfam
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780855985967

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Developing Adult Literacy by Juliet McCaffery,Juliet Merrifield,Juliet Millican Pdf

This book will help those who plan and develop literacy initiatives; using case studies from literacy programmes in many countries including Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mali, Nigeria, the Philippines and Uganda, it demonstrates the importance of literacy, its power to improve lives, and the role literacy plays in social and economic development.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Learning Sciences: Foundations and Applications to Adolescent and Adult Literacy
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780309219594

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Improving Adult Literacy Instruction by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Learning Sciences: Foundations and Applications to Adolescent and Adult Literacy Pdf

A high level of literacy in both print and digital media is required for negotiating most aspects of 21st-century life, including supporting a family, education, health, civic participation, and competitiveness in the global economy. Yet, more than 90 million U.S. adults lack adequate literacy. Furthermore, only 38 percent of U.S. 12th graders are at or above proficient in reading. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction synthesizes the research on literacy and learning to improve literacy instruction in the United States and to recommend a more systemic approach to research, practice, and policy. The book focuses on individuals ages 16 and older who are not in K-12 education. It identifies factors that affect literacy development in adolescence and adulthood in general, and examines their implications for strengthening literacy instruction for this population. It also discusses technologies for learning that can assist with multiple aspects of teaching, assessment,and accommodations for learning. There is inadequate knowledge about effective instructional practices and a need for better assessment and ongoing monitoring of adult students' proficiencies, weaknesses, instructional environments, and progress, which might guide instructional planning. Improving Adult Literacy Instruction recommends a program of research and innovation to validate, identify the boundaries of, and extend current knowledge to improve instruction for adults and adolescents outside school. The book is a valuable resource for curriculum developers, federal agencies such as the Department of Education, administrators, educators, and funding agencies.

Author : Lyn Tett,Mary Hamilton,Yvonne Hillier
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335228034

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EBOOK: Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Language: Policy, Practice and Research by Lyn Tett,Mary Hamilton,Yvonne Hillier Pdf

This book explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. Leading international experts argue that literacy, numeracy and language are more than just a set of skills or techniques, but are shaped by the social and cultural context within which they are taking place; the meanings they have for users; and the purposes they serve. This shifts the focus from a narrow, functional and externally imposed definition of literacy, numeracy and language learning, to more open and numerous definitions that focus on what people do with their knowledge, understanding and skills in a range of contexts. Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Language shows how the social practice approach to learning and teaching can be used to develop more inclusive views of adult literacy, numeracy and language. Bringing together the views of researchers, policy makers and practitioners, it helps readers to develop an understanding of contemporary policy developments and encourages them to examine their own practice as adult basic education teachers, in order to respond more effectively to the needs of their students. This book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and students on courses in adult and continuing education (particularly basic skills), postgraduate students, and researchers in the field of post-compulsory education.

Author : Victoria Purcell-Gates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : 0805854924

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Cultural Practices of Literacy by Victoria Purcell-Gates Pdf

This volume presents case studies of literacy practices as shaped by culture, language, community, and power. Covering a range of contexts and exploring a number of relevant dimensions in the evolving picture of literacy as situated, multiple, and social, the studies are grouped around four overarching themes: *Language, Literacy, and Hegemony; *The Immigrant Experience: Language, Literacies, and Identities; *Literacies In-/Out-of-School and On the Borders; and *New Pedagogies for New Literacies. It is now generally recognized that literacy is multiple and woven within the sociocultural lives of communities, but what is not yet fully understood is how it is multiple--how this multiplicity plays out across and within differing sociocultural contexts. Such understanding is critical for crafting school literacy practices in response to the different literacy sets brought to school by different learners. Toward this end it is necessary to know what those sets are composed of. Each of the case studies contributes to building this knowledge in new and interesting ways. As a whole the book provides a rich and complex portrait of literacy-in-use. Cultural Practices of Literacy: Case Studies of Language, Literacy, Social Practice, and Power advances sociocultural research and theory pertaining to literacy development as it occurs across school and community boundaries and cultural contexts and in and out of school. It is intended for researchers, students, professionals across the field of literacy studies and schooling, including specialists in family literacy, community literacy, adult literacy, critical language studies, multiliteracies, youth literacy, international education, English as a second language, language and social policy, and global literacy.

Author : Kjell Rubenson
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-01-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780123814906

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Adult Learning and Education by Kjell Rubenson Pdf

As individuals and societies try to respond to fundamental economic and social transformation, the field of adult learning and education is rapidly getting increased attention and new topics for research on adult learning have emerged. This collection of articles from the International Encyclopedia of Education 3e offers practitioners and researchers in the area of adult learning and education a comprehensive summary of main developments in the field. The 45 articles provide insight into the historical development of the field, its conceptual controversies, domains and provision, perspectives on adult learning, instruction and program planning, outcomes, relationship to economy and society and its status as a field of scholarly study and practice. Saves researchers time in summarizing in one place what is otherwise an interdisciplinary field in cognitive psychology, personality, sociology, and education Level of presentation focuses on critical research, leaving out the extraneous and focusing on need-to-know information Contains contributions from top international researchers in the field Makes MRW content affordable to individual researchers

Author : Victoria PURCELL GATES,Erik Jacobson,Sophie Degener,Victoria Purcell-Gates
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780674042377

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Print Literacy Development by Victoria PURCELL GATES,Erik Jacobson,Sophie Degener,Victoria Purcell-Gates Pdf

The authors lucidly explain how we develop our abilities to read and write and offer a unified theory of literacy development that places cognitive development within a sociocultural context of literacy practices.

Author : Mastin Prinsloo,Mignonne Breier
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027217950

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The Social Uses of Literacy by Mastin Prinsloo,Mignonne Breier Pdf

The Social Uses of Literacy: Theory and Practice in Contemporary South Africa challenges state-driven policy and provision in South Africa around the construction of a national delivery system for adult literacy that is part of a programme for Adult Basic Education. The implication is that many people who are the target of this system will be unwilling to participate at the entry point of literacy acquisition unless a reconceptualisation of the nature of literacy use by adults is made. Using fascinating and carefully documented case-study material, this book raises vital questions about literacy and illiteracy, and about adult education. Above all, it questions the efficacy of any literacy programme which fails to acknowledge the many ways in which uneducated and so called 'illiterate' people already use reading, writing and numeracy in their everyday lives.

Author : David Barton,Nigel Hall
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1556192088

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Letter Writing as a Social Practice by David Barton,Nigel Hall Pdf

This book explores the social significance of letter writing. Letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies, crossing formal and informal contexts. Letters are a common text type, appearing in a wide variety of forms in most domains of life. More broadly, the importance of letter writing can be seen in that the phenomenon has been widespread historically, being one of earliest forms of writing, and a wide range of contemporary genres have their roots in letters. The writing of a letter is embedded in a particular social situation, and like all other types of literacy objects and events, the activity gains its meaning and significance from being situated in cultural beliefs, values, and practices. This book brings together anthropologists, historians, educators and other social scientists, providing a range of case studies that explore aspects of the socially situated nature of letter writing.

Author : Tett, Lyn,Hamilton, Mary,Hillier, Yvonne
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335219377

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Adult Literacy, Numeracy And Language: Policy, Practice And Research by Tett, Lyn,Hamilton, Mary,Hillier, Yvonne Pdf

This book explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. Leading international experts argue that literacy, numeracy and language are more than just a set of skills or techniques, but are shaped by the social and cultural context within which they are taking place; the meanings they have for users; and the purposes they serve. This shifts the focus from a narrow, functional and externally imposed definition of literacy, numeracy and language learning, to more open and numerous definitions that focus on what people do with their knowledge, understanding and skills in a range of contexts. Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Languageshows how the social practice approach to learning and teaching can be used to develop more inclusive views of adult literacy, numeracy and language. Bringing together the views of researchers, policy makers and practitioners, it helps readers to develop an understanding of contemporary policy developments and encourages them to examine their own practice as adult basic education teachers, in order to respond more effectively to the needs of their students. This book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and students on courses in adult and continuing education (particularly basic skills), postgraduate students, and researchers in the field of post-compulsory education.

Author : Vicky Duckworth,Gordon Ade-Ojo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781137535115

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Adult Literacy Policy and Practice by Vicky Duckworth,Gordon Ade-Ojo Pdf

This book explores the gradual evolution of Adult literacy policy from the 1970s using philosophical, sociological and economic frames of reference from a range of perspectives to highlight how priorities have changed. It also offers an alternative curriculum; a transformative model that presents a more socially just different value position.

Author : Katherine Safford-Ramus,Jürgen Maaß,Evelyn Süss-Stepancik
Publisher : Springer
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319965024

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Contemporary Research in Adult and Lifelong Learning of Mathematics by Katherine Safford-Ramus,Jürgen Maaß,Evelyn Süss-Stepancik Pdf

This book is a selection of 15 papers developed by participants in ICME 13 held in Hamburg , presenting insights from the latest research on the andragogy of adult and lifelong learning of mathematics. It also investigates open questions, such as numeracy and mathematics skills, social and psychological influences on learning environments, as well as economic and political demands. The chapters offer examples, while at the same time highlighting important directions for further research. The book is divided into four parts: The first section provides an overview on the concept of “numeracy”, and the second focuses on adult students who are learning mathematics; the third part presents a teachers’ focus and the final part covers overarching themes. The book is of interest to classroom teachers, university teacher educators, and professional development providers.

Author : Sam Duncan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429632570

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Oral Literacies by Sam Duncan Pdf

This is the first book to focus exclusively on an examination of early 21st-century adult reading aloud. The dominant contemporary image of reading in much of the world is that of a silent, solitary activity. This book challenges this dominant discourse, acknowledging the diversity of reading practices that adults perform or experience in different communities, languages, contexts and phases of our lives, outlining potential educational implications and next steps for literacy teaching and research. By documenting and analysing the diversity of oral reading practices that adults take part in (on- and offline), this book explores contemporary reading aloud as hugely varied, often invisible and yet quietly ubiquitous. Duncan discusses questions such as: What, where, how and why do adults read aloud, or listen to others reading? How do couples, families and groups use oral reading as a way of being together? When and why do adults read aloud at work? And why do some people read aloud in languages they may not speak or understand? This book is key reading for advanced students, researchers and scholars of literacy practices and literacy education within education, applied linguistics and related areas.