This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant topics, it includes contributors from the realms of both policy and practice and encompasses both the major instructional areas - reading, writing, and mathematics - as well as larger issues of literacy, learning, and adulthood. Each chapter focuses on what improving quality in the field might look like through the particular lens of the author's work. As a whole, the broad scope of topics and ideas addressed will raise the level of discussion,…mehr
This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant topics, it includes contributors from the realms of both policy and practice and encompasses both the major instructional areas - reading, writing, and mathematics - as well as larger issues of literacy, learning, and adulthood. Each chapter focuses on what improving quality in the field might look like through the particular lens of the author's work. As a whole, the broad scope of topics and ideas addressed will raise the level of discussion, knowledge, and practice regarding quality in adult basic education.
Contents: Preface. Part I: Accountability Standards and the Use of Documentation and Research. A. Belzer Introduction: Why Quality? Why Now? L. Condelli Accountability and Program Quality: The Third Wave. S.G. Stein Equipped for the Future and Standards-Based Educational Improvement: Achieving Results That Matter for Adult Learners. D. Greenberg Tales From the Field: Struggles and Challenges of Conducting Ethical and Quality Research in the Field of Adult Literacy. M.B. Bingman C. Smith Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice in Adult Education. Part II: Program Structures and Instruction. H. Beder Quality Introduction in Adult Literacy Education. A. Belzer Volunteer One-to-One Tutoring: Critical Factors in Providing Quality Instruction. J.P. Comings S. Cuban Supporting Persistence of Adult Basic Education Students. J.P. Gee Learning to Read as a Cultural Process. M.K. Gillespie The Forgotten R: Why Adult Educators Should Care About Writing Instruction. M.J. Schmitt M. Merson The EMPower Project: Connecting Curriculum Development and Research. Part III: Rethinking Our Assumptions and Concepts. E. Hayes Reconceptualizing Adult Basic Education and the Digital Divide. H.S. Wrigley Beyond the Life Boat: Improving Language Citizenship and Training Services for Immigrants and Refugees. E.N. Askov C. Kassab E.L. Grinder L.M. Semali D. Weirauch E.L. Saenz B. Van Horn Filling in the Black Box of Family Literacy: Implications of Research for Practice and Policy. S. Reder Giving Literacy Away Again: New Concepts of Promising Practice. V.L. Gadsden The Adult Learner in Adult and Family Literacy: Gender and Its Intersection With Role and Context. G.A. Hull M. Jury J. Zacher Possible Selves: Literacy Identity and Development in Work School and Community.
Contents: Preface. Part I: Accountability Standards and the Use of Documentation and Research. A. Belzer Introduction: Why Quality? Why Now? L. Condelli Accountability and Program Quality: The Third Wave. S.G. Stein Equipped for the Future and Standards-Based Educational Improvement: Achieving Results That Matter for Adult Learners. D. Greenberg Tales From the Field: Struggles and Challenges of Conducting Ethical and Quality Research in the Field of Adult Literacy. M.B. Bingman C. Smith Professional Development and Evidence-Based Practice in Adult Education. Part II: Program Structures and Instruction. H. Beder Quality Introduction in Adult Literacy Education. A. Belzer Volunteer One-to-One Tutoring: Critical Factors in Providing Quality Instruction. J.P. Comings S. Cuban Supporting Persistence of Adult Basic Education Students. J.P. Gee Learning to Read as a Cultural Process. M.K. Gillespie The Forgotten R: Why Adult Educators Should Care About Writing Instruction. M.J. Schmitt M. Merson The EMPower Project: Connecting Curriculum Development and Research. Part III: Rethinking Our Assumptions and Concepts. E. Hayes Reconceptualizing Adult Basic Education and the Digital Divide. H.S. Wrigley Beyond the Life Boat: Improving Language Citizenship and Training Services for Immigrants and Refugees. E.N. Askov C. Kassab E.L. Grinder L.M. Semali D. Weirauch E.L. Saenz B. Van Horn Filling in the Black Box of Family Literacy: Implications of Research for Practice and Policy. S. Reder Giving Literacy Away Again: New Concepts of Promising Practice. V.L. Gadsden The Adult Learner in Adult and Family Literacy: Gender and Its Intersection With Role and Context. G.A. Hull M. Jury J. Zacher Possible Selves: Literacy Identity and Development in Work School and Community.
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