
Developing Adult Literacy
Published: 2007
Pages: 304
eBook: 9780855986865
Paperback: 9780855985967
PART 1 - Understanding the context:
Introduction
The international context
Mainstreaming gender
PART 2 - Understanding Literacy:
What do we mean by literacy?
Literacy as skills
Literacy as tasks
Literacy as social practice
Literacy as critical reflection
PART 3 - Understanding the Preparation Process:
Planning for literacy
The language of literacy
Monitoring and evaluating literacy programmes
PART 4 - Understanding the Learning Process:
How people learn to read and write
Approaches to curriculum
Resources for literacy
Training and supporting literacy educators
Assessing literacy learning
PART 5 - Making Sense of Adult Literacy
Conclusions
References
Index
Juliet McCaffery
Juliet McCaffery from the University of Sussex is an international consultant for the Association for Literacy and Development.