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This fact sheet highlights the issue of adult skills in the United States, where 59 million adults read at or below the lowest levels.
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.
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 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…
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.
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.
The article questions the uncritical pursuit of innovation in education, highlighting the need for critical reflection and examining the consequences of innovations for learners.
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.
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.
The article discusses a school activity where students read label information on a cake package, highlighting the students’ appropriation of the practice and the broader social structures influencing their discourse.
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