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Peer reviewedQuigley, B. Allan – Adult Learning, 2001
Increased use of practitioner research in literacy education is opening new vistas for grassroots knowledge. Such research affords new possibilities for professional growth, an improved image of literacy, and the potential to reduce illiteracy to minimal levels. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Literacy Education, Professional Development
Peer reviewedQuigley, B. Allan; Norton, Mary – Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning, 2003
A survey of 11 adult literacy practitioner research networks in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada indicated the following: primary purposes were professional development and outlet for practitioner voice; predominant methods were action and participatory research; 10 had government funding; and challenges included lack of…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
