George Demetrion

Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education

In Quest of a U.S. Democratic Politics of Literacy

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Produktbeschreibung

Demetrion concludes with the argument that unless values grounded ultimately in political culture emerge, it is exceedingly unlikely that the adult literacy field will be able to move from its current marginalized status toward that of achieving the level of public and policy legitimacy many believe it needs for its long-term institutional flourishing. It is argued that any settlement of this issue must be accomplished in the field of practice rather than the ground of theory, even as theoretical insight can help to frame the issues. Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education: In Quest of a U.S. Democratic Politics of Literacy speaks to a wide audience, including not only the adult literacy community, but anyone interested in educational theory, practice, policy, research traditions, or political culture, and more fundamentally, in their intersection. Given the breadth of the topics covered, as well as the broad scope of the argument, the book is also meant for those who would like to gain a useful perspective on contemporary U.S. culture, through the window of these conflicting tensions within the field of adult literacy education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 334
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 576g
• ISBN-13: 9780805846232
• ISBN-10: 0805846239
• Artikelnr.: 22260192

Autorenporträt

George Demetrion

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Introduction: In Search of Common Ground Amidst
Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education. Adult Literacy and the
Quality of Life. Workforce Readiness in the Information Age. Workforce
Investment Act/National Reporting System (WIA/NRS). NLA Polemics: Criticism
and Counterarguments. Defining Outcomes and Impacts in Adult Literacy
Education: Problems and Conflicting Perspectives. Equipped for the Future:
Building the Infrastructure. EFF Standards: Linking Pedagogy and Policy in
Quest of a National Consensus. Research Traditions: Problems, Paradigms,
Polemics. Toward a Mediating Pedagogy of Adult Literacy Via Dewey's Model
of Inquiry and His Accompanying Metaphor of Growth. In Quest of a More
Perfect Union Through a Double-Vision Perspective of Hope and Skepticism.