| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 168 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-163) and index. |
| Contents |
Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; On writing books; The shape of this book; PROBLEMS OF REPRESENTATION; Liberating literacy; The illiterate as someone else; Authors and interviewees; Describe or quantify?; Authentic voices; THE TRUTH FOR NOW; Truths for teachers, truths for students; Truth or fiction?; Truth and talk; Truth and style; LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS; Questions: asked and unasked; Literacy: how do we talk about it?; Needs and interests; Context and outreach; Class and literacy: some themes; THE TEACHER-RESEARCHER; Context and menus. |
| Summary |
Explores the theory behind adult literacy education - discussing the arguments in favour of literacy, and analysing principles by which literacy may be creatively learned, looking in detail at context, equality and community. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Functional literacy -- Great Britain.
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Functional literacy. |
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Great Britain. |
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Reading (Adult education) -- Great Britain.
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Reading (Adult education) |
| Indexed Term |
Adult education Literacy |
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Great Britain |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mace, Jane. Talking about literacy. London ; New York : Routledge, 1992 (DLC) 91041608 |
| ISBN |
0203314409 (electronic book) |
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9780203314401 (electronic book) |
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0203032519 (electronic book) |
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9780203032510 (electronic book) |
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0203175816 (electronic book) |
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9780203175811 (electronic book) |
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0415080444 |
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0415066557 (paperback) |
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9780415080446 |
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9780415066556 |
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