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Hill, Robert J.; Daigle, Elizabeth Anne; Graybeal, Lesley; Walker, Wayland; Avalon, Christian; Fowler, Nan; Massey, Michael W. – Online Submission, 2008
This study is a review and a critique of the 2008 U.S. "National Report on the Development and State of the Art of Adult Learning and Education" (ALE) prepared by the U.S. Commission for UNESCO and the U.S. Department of Education as a preparatory document for CONFINTEA VI, the 6th International Conference on Adult Education. The study…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Politics of Education, Public Policy
Gillespie, Marilyn K. – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001
In Chapter Three, Marilyn Gillespie provides a summary of the research on writing instruction that has taken place over the last three decades. In her survey of writing research, she describes models of the writing process such as that developed by Flower and Hayes, who viewed writing as three cognitive writing processes: planning, text generation…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Writing Research, Adult Basic Education, Writing Processes
Gadsden, Vivian L. – Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2002
Family literacy has developed over the past decade into an increasingly significant--and often contested--area of research, practice, and policymaking in the fields of literacy and family studies as well as in the broader arenas of education and schooling. The purpose of this chapter is to give the reader a better understanding of the general…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Family Literacy, Adult Literacy, Educational Policy