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Download full textSullivan, Patricia, Ed.; Dautermann, Jennie, Ed. – 1996
Contending that technology, especially when it networks writers to other writers, is more than a mere scribal tool, this book presents 14 essays designed to ignite interest in technology as one of the material conditions of workplace writing contexts. After an introduction ("Issues of Written Literacy and Electronic Literacy in Workplace…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Editing, Electronic Mail
Killingsworth, Jimmie, Ed.; And Others – 1988
The 27 articles in this 6-part guide provide information on developing and implementing writing instruction as part of content-area courses in two-year vocational-technical colleges. Part One, General Concerns, includes "Making Writing Work for You in the Interactive Classroom" (Killingsworth, Rude); "Evaluating and Responding to Student Writing"…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Content Area Writing, Integrated Curriculum, Two Year Colleges
Adult, Community, and Further Education Board, Melbourne (Australia). – 1995
This collection of 14 articles focuses on the Reading and Writing and Oral Communication Streams of the Certificates of General Education (CGE) for Adults in the context of literacy teaching practices. Section 1 contains 11 case studies and articles with a practical focus. Practitioners discuss aspects of their curriculum development related to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Curriculum Development
Royce, Sherry, Ed. – 1991
This guide provides adult literacy practitioners with a sampling of 103 exemplary professional development resources. It is designed to address the broad needs and interests of adult literacy practitioners and is intended as a resource guide for out-of-field professionals, who are being called upon to perform adult literacy services. Books,…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Book Reviews
Delp, Linda, Ed.; Outman-Kramer, Miranda, Ed.; Schurman, Susan J., Ed.; Wong, Kent, Ed. – 2002
These 28 essays recount popular education's history and its multiple uses in the labor movement today: to organize the unorganized, to develop new leaders and activists, and to strengthen labor and community alliances. They explore its other facets: theater and culture, economics education, workplace safety and health, and classroom use and…
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Collective Bargaining, Community Involvement
Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book is a practitioner's guide to developing literacy training programs for workers. Titles of the 28 chapters and epilogue are as follows: "Understanding the History and Definitions of Workplace Literacy" (Askov, Aderman); "Understanding Literacy in the Canadian Business Context: Conference Board of Canada Study" (Hart);…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Curriculum Development
Campbell, Pat, Ed.; Burnaby, Barbara, Ed. – 2001
Participatory education is a collective effort in which the participants are committed to building a just society through individual and socieoeconomic transformation and to ending domination through changing power relations. This book describes participatory practices in many environments, including educational and penal institutions,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Citizen Participation
Wilson, Arthur L., Ed.; Hayes, Elisabeth R., Ed. – 2000
This handbook presents the perspectives of more than 60 leading authorities on the study and practice of adult and continuing education. The following are among the papers included: "A Selective History of Adult Education Handbooks" (A.L. Wilson, E.R. Hayes); "The Concept of Critically Reflective Practice" (Stephen D.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning
