Outside the classroom: researching literacy with adult learners
This book outlines a theory about the uses of literacy in adult life, and goes on to show how this might illuminate teacher training and teaching practice. The book is divided into two distinct parts, 'theory' and 'practice', and in the first part, three aspects of the social practice of literacy are examined: the idea of literacy events; the idea of social networks; and the concept of the literacy environment. In the second part of the book, two aspects, research and teaching, are examined. Under each of these sub-sections, 'portraits' are provided by teachers which outline their experiences ... Show more
Authors: Fowler, Ellayne; Mace, Jane
Published: Leicester, England, National Institute of Adult Continuing Education, 2005
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Physical description: xiii, 141 p.
Access item: Request Item from NCVER
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