Adult Literacy
A handbook for development workers
This is a book for development workers who have no formal training in adult education who have to respond - as planners, trainers or teachers - to requests for literacy skills. It sets out to deepen their understanding of literacy and its importance in the process of development and change. Using examples from many countries, the authors give practical guidance, in clear language, for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment. Besides reading, they cover the skills involved in writing, calculating and interpreting visual images. They suggest ways of using materials that are already available and how to develop new ones designed for specific situations. Authors give practical guidance in clear language for all stages of literacy action from planning to assessment.
Published: 1995
Pages: 178
eBook: 9780855986506
| A note from the publishers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| About the authors | |||
| Acknowledgements | |||
| Foreword | |||
| Preface: The purpose of this book | |||
| Part One: Literacy and Development | |||
| 1. The case for literacy | |||
| Part Two: Planning for Literacy | |||
| 2. Recognising and assessing needs | |||
| 3. Looking at literacies and establishing aims | |||
| 4. Getting organised:some practical issues | |||
| Part Three:Exploring Teaching and Learning | |||
| 5. Some methods for teaching literacy | |||
| 6. Learning numbers and reading images | |||
| 7. Planning a session | |||
| 8. Selecting and training literacy workers | |||
| 9. Assessing progress and evaluating impact | |||
| Part Four: Materials for Literacy | |||
| 10. 'Special' materials | |||
| 11. 'Ordinary' materials | |||
| Part Five: Continuing with Literacy | |||
| 12. Developing a literate society | |||
| Postscript | |||
| Glossary | |||
| Notes | |||
| Further reading | |||
| Index |
Paul Fordham
Paul Fordham was Director of Adult Education at the Univerisity of Southampton for 18 years, and is now Honorary Professor in the International Centre for Education in Development at the University of Warwick. His publications include Learning Networks: Non-Formal Education on a Housing Estate (with Poulton and Randle), Participation, Learning, and Change; and Co-operating for Literacy
Deryn Holland
Deryn Holland is Assistant Education Officer (Staff Development), Buckinghamshire County Council. She works locally and internationally as a trainer, researcher, and writer in adult education and literacy. Her publications include The Progress Profile (Adult Literacy Basic Skills Unit) and Developing Literacy and Numeracy: An intermediate Pack for Trainers (The Open University)
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