Conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education in quest of a U.S. democratic politics of literacy - Demetrion, George; T&F eBooks (New York : Routledge, 2012)
1. Introduction : in search of common ground amidst conflicting paradigms in adult literacy education -- 2. Adult literacy and the quality of life -- 3. Workforce readiness in the Information Age -- 4. Workforce Investment Act/National Reporting System (WIA/NRS) -- 5. NLA polemics : criticism and counterarguments -- 6. Defining outcomes and impacts of adult literacy education : enduring problems and conflicting perspectives -- 7. Equipped for the future : building the infrastructure -- 8. EFF standards : linking pedagogy and policy in quest of a national consensus -- 9. Research traditions : problems, paradigms, polemics -- 10. Toward a mediating pedagogy of adult literacy via Dewey's model of inquiry and his accompanying metaphor of growth -- 11. In quest of a more perfect union through a double-vision perspective of hope and skepticism.
First published by Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-307) and indexes.
Also available in print edition.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Keywords: Literacy -- Government policy -- United States; Functional literacy -- Government policy -- United States; Adult education and state -- United States; Progressive education -- United States; Electronic books