Book
Why literacy matters : understanding the effects of literacy education for adults
Record details
- ISBN: 9781862014503
- ISBN: 1862014507
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Physical Description:
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vii, 216 pages ; 24 cm. - Publisher: Leicester : National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, [2010]
- Copyright: ℗♭2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-211) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Acknowledgements |
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| Subject: | Adult education Adult basic education |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Decoda Literacy Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Decoda Literacy Library | 374.005 S73 2010 (Text) | 35410000056812 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Book News : Book News Reviews
St. Clair (adult and continuing education, U. of Glasgow, Scotland) offers adult literacy educators, students, researchers, and policy makers a discussion of the key issues in understanding the effects of adult literacy education. St. Clair first considers how we can think about the effects of literacy education by examining current models of literacy, the concept of literacies as capabilities, issues and possibilities in the evaluation of social and economic programs, and literacy measurement at the individual level and across a population. He then presents evidence demonstrating the impacts of literacy in five domains--psychological, economic, family, health, and social/political--and summarizes the evidence and instructional and policy implications. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
