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Ebooks on Adult Literacy

The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy by Dolores Perin (Editor)
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ISBN: 9781119261377

Publication Date: 2019-10-15

Examines the widespread phenomenon of poor literacy skills in adults across the globe This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults' literacy skills.
Improving Adult Literacy Instruction by Learning Sciences, Foundations and Applications to Adolescent and Adult Literacy Committee; National Research Council; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education Staff; Alan M. Lesgold (Editor); Melissa Welch-Ross (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780309219594

Publication Date: 2012-04-26

Improving Adult Literacy Instruction synthesizes the research on literacy and learning to improve literacy instruction in the United States and to recommend a more systemic approach to research, practice, and policy
Improving Adult Literacy Instruction by Board on Global Science and Technology; Policy and Global Affairs; National Research Council
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ISBN: 9780309262231

Publication Date: 2012-09-10

EDUCATION / Adult & Continuing Education
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy

The Organization

The list below contains subject headings, which are terms you would use to search for information online or in GALILEO databases. You can try combinations of these terms in an advanced search too, refining and adjusting your search to get the results you want.

Search terms to try:

Adult education
Digital literacy
Adult literacy
Literacy education
adult education partnerships
digital literacies
family literacy
four-component model
intergenerational learning
multilingual literacies
program development
workforce development
successful local adult literacy nonprofits US

Journals and Magazines

Adult Basic Education & Literacy Journal
Full Text:
07/01/1996 to present
Subjects:
Adult Education; Literacy & Literacy Education
Journal of Research & Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary & Basic Education
Full Text:
07/01/1996 to present
Subjects:
Adult Education

Links to Information & Research

ProLiteracy.Org
We provide funding, comprehensive training, professional learning, accessible research, and New Readers Press digital and print resources to unleash the power of literacy to transform lives.
GSU's Adult Literarcy Research Center
GSU's research, links, information, and much more
Interview-Literacy is an economic issue
The inextricable links between adult education and family literacy: A look at family literacy and adult education with the national center for families' learning
Launching and Sustaining Family Literacy Programs Led by Adult Education