A Community-Based Approach to Literacy Programs: Taking Learners' Lives Into Account: New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education

by Peggy A. Sissel

New areas of interest and scholarship are emerging in relation to the needs, concerns, and contexts of adult learners in literacy programs. A learner's gAnder, ethnicity, and cultural and educational background, in conjunction with the learning setting, all affect the Adult Basic Education experience. Understanding these aspects of learners' lives is critical to meeting their learning needs. Encouraging a community-based appreach that takes account...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787998672
• ISBN13: 9780787998677
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"