Adult literacy and development : stories from the field / Alan Rogers and Brian Street.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Alan.

Contributor:

Street, Brian V.

National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (England and Wales)

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy.

Literacy--Case studies.

Literacy--Cross-cultural studies.

Literacy programs.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leicester : NIACE, [2012]

Summary:

Rogers (education and lifelong learning, U. of East Anglia and U. of Nottingham, UK) and anthropologist Street (language in education, King's College London, UK, and education, U. of Pennsylvania) draw on their experiences in adult learning programs in developing countries, as well as literacy practices in the UK and US, to show practitioners, policy makers, planners, trainers, and researchers and students in international development, anthropology, and educational programs how literacy is a social practice and how learning is situated. They incorporate the research and practice of others to describe the theories, policies, and practices of adult literacy in the context of international development programs. They discuss challenges they faced in working in international contexts, their conceptual frameworks, ethnographic approaches as useful tools, how informal learning is ubiquitous and universal, how formal learning is a sub-sector of the field of learning, and how development enhances diversity. They address adult literacy programs with a focus on learners rather than teachers, how adults are different from children, and how teaching and learning are a collaborative social process in which people build on what they already know. They detail accounts of fieldwork in ethnographic studies of literacy, lessons learned, different approaches to teaching literacy, the literacy environment, and how these findings can impact policy and practice. They include a case study of their project, the Learning For Empowerment Through Training in Ethnographic Research Project in India, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Pt. 1. Exploring literacy in the field

Pt. 2. Adult literacy learning programmes

Pt. 3. Some implications for policy and practice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-229) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781862015746

1862015740

9781862015753

1862015759

9781862015760

1862015767

9781862015784

1862015783

OCLC:

809907997

Publisher Number:

99950571752