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ADULT LITERACY LEARNERS

SELECTED READINGS

 

Anderson, J., et al. (2010), “Taking stock of family literacy: Some contemporary perspectives”, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, Vol. 10(1), pp. 33-53.

Anderson, J. and F. Morrison (2007), “A Great Program…for me as a Gramma”: Caregivers Evaluate a Family Literacy Initiative”, Canadian Journal of Education, Vol. 30, pp. 68-89.

Askov, E. N. (2000), “Workplace literacy: Evaluation of three model programs”, Adult Basic Education, Vol. 10(2), pp. 100–108.

Australian Industry Group (2012), “When words fail: National workforce literacy project final project report”, Australian Industry Group, http://learningreps.org.nz/files/Evaluation%20of%20the%20Learning%20Representatives%20Programme.pdf.

Bartlett, L., & Holland, D. (2002). Theorizing the Space of Literacy Practices. Ways of Knowing, 2(1), 10 – 22.

Benseman, J. (2014). Adult Refugee Learners with Limited Literacy: Needs and Effective Responses. Refuge, 30(1), 93-103.

Boughton, B., & Durnan, D. (2014). Cuba’s Yo Si Puedo: a global literacy movement. Postcolonial Directions in Education, 3(2), 325-359.

Fingers, A. and C. Drennon (1997), Literacy for Life: Adult Learners, New Practices, Teachers College Press, New York.

Kalman, J. (2004). A Bakhtinian perspective on learning to read and write late in life. In A. F. Ball & S. W. Freedman (Eds.), Bakhtinian perspectives on language, literacy and learning (252 - 278). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 

Lave, J. (1988), Cognition in Practice: Mind, Mathematics, and Culture in Everyday Life, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Papen, U. (2005) Adult literacy as social practice: more than school. London: Routledge.

Perry, K. H., & Homan, A. (2014). “What I Feel in My Heart” Literacy Practices of and for the Self Among Adults With Limited or No Schooling. Journal of Literacy Research, 46(4), 422-454.

Purcell-Gates, V., S. Wegener, E. Jacobson and M. Soler (2000), Affecting change in literacy practices of adult learners: Impact of two dimensions of instruction, National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Harvard graduate School of Education, Cambridge.

Quan-Baffour, K. P., & Romm, N. R. (2014). Ubuntu-Inspired Training of Adult Literacy Teachers as a Route to Generating “Community” Enterprises. Journal of Literacy Research, 46(4), 455-474.

Rahman, Z., T. R. Crosier, et al. (2002), “Evaluating the impact of the Literacy and Numeracy Training Programme for job seekers”, Department of Education, Science and Training of Australia.

Sandlin, J. A. & St Clair, R. (2002). Volunteers in Adult Literacy Education. In Review of Adult Learning and Literacy (pp. 125-154). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum`

Searle, J. (2004), “Policy silos and red ochre men: an examination of a decade of adult literacy policy and program development in Australia”, Journal of Vocational Education & Training, Vol. 56(1), pp. 81-96.

Westberg, L., McShane, S., & Smith, L. (2006). Verizon Life Span Literacy Matrix: Relevant Outcomes , Measures and Research-based Practices and Strategies. Washington D.C.

Windisch, H. C. (2015). Adults with low literacy and numeracy skills: A literature review on policy intervention. OECD Education Working Papers, No. 123, OECD Publishing, Paris. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jrxnjdd3r5k-en