Translanguaging in Adult Basic Education Worldwide
This research digest explores the importance of translanguaging practices for language and literacy learning, highlighting the need for further research in adult education.
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Adult Literacy Facts
This fact sheet highlights the issue of adult skills in the United States, where 59 million adults read at or below the lowest levels.
Annual Statistical Report
The Annual Statistical Report compiles the results of the most recent annual survey into a concise and easy to interpret visual representation of key findings.
ALE Journal – Volume 7 Issue 2
This special issue of the journal includes Research, a Report from the Field, Forum, and Research Digest all about health literacy and adult education.
Using the Newspaper in Instruction
Using the Newspaper in Instruction is a series of videos that will show you how to use the newspaper to teach phonics and decoding skills, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, discussion and oral language skills, writing, spelling and grammar, and critical thinking…
Innovating in Education: A Response to Keiko Yasukawa’s “Problematizing the Imperative to Innovate: An Examination of Innovations in Adult Literacy”
The article discusses topics like innovation in adult literacy education, examination of innovations in adult literacy, the role of pragmatics in literacy practices, and the impact of neoliberalism on adult literacy programs.
Response to “Problematizing the Imperative to Innovate: An Examination of Innovations in Adult Literacy”
The paper critically engages with the concept of innovation in education, questioning its neoliberal associations and emphasizing the need for educational goals and learner-centered innovations.
Problematizing the Imperative to Innovate: An Examination of Innovations in Adult Literacy
The article questions the uncritical pursuit of innovation in education, highlighting the need for critical reflection and examining the consequences of innovations for learners.
Australia’s Reading Writing Hotline: An Ongoing Innovation
The article discusses the Reading Writing Hotline, celebrating its 30th anniversary that started as phone support for an educational TV series. The Hotline’s case studies and statistics are valuable for policymakers. Several pilot projects are being tested to address adult literacy gaps.
Mass Literacy Campaigns: A Way Back to the Future?
This paper examines the historical significance of mass campaigns in adult literacy education and explores the reasons behind their rejection. It also highlights the problematic association of innovation with neoliberal ideology in adult literacy policy and programs, emphasizing their ineffectiveness at a national and global level.
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