U.S. Adult Literacy Program Practice [electronic resource] : A Typology across Dimensions of Life-Contextualized/Decontextualized and Dialogic/Monologic. NCSALL Report #2 / Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie Degener and Erik Jacobson.

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 (dial...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Purcell-Gates, Victoria
Corporate Author:	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Degener, Sophie, Jacobson, Erik
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998.
Subjects:	Adult Basic Education. Adult Literacy. Adult Programs. Classification. Educational Research. Literacy Education. National Surveys. Participative Decision Making. Program Content. Program Design. Relevance (Education) Student Educational Objectives. Student Participation. Student School Relationship.