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Download full textPurcell-Gates, Victoria; Degener, Sophie; Jacobson, Erik – 1998
A study created a typology of 271 adult literacy programs nationwide describing their distribution along two dimensions: (1) relevance of materials to learner needs and sociocultural context (life-contextual/decontextual), and (2) extent of learner control of decisions about program activities (dialogic/monologic). A questionnaire elicited…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Classification
