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Roderick, Ryan – Community Literacy Journal, 2013
This study investigates how literacy was constructed at an adult literacy organization's volunteer tutor-training program. By drawing on qualitative analysis of training texts used during training, such as training evaluations, and data gathered from interviews with experienced tutors, it is possible to identify the assumptions about literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Program Evaluation, Interviews, Instructional Materials
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Yendol-Hoppey, Diane; Hoppey, David – School-University Partnerships, 2013
An important feature of professional development school (PDS) work is encouraging collaborative reflective dialogue that guides a partnership toward actualizing the possibilities for and mission of a PDS. This article provides a case "illustration" of a fictitious, exemplary PDS and a "protocol" that in combination can be used…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Professional Development Schools, Sustainability, Accountability
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Showalter, Daniel A.; Wollett, Chelsie; Reynolds, Sharon – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2014
This paper reports on the implementation of a high level contextualized mathematics curriculum by 12 adult basic instructors in a midwestern state. The 10-week pilot curriculum embedded high level mathematics in contexts that were familiar to adult learners. Instructors' weekly online posts were coded, and the following themes emerged: (a)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods