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Peer reviewedVenezky, Richard L. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2000
Argues that while the literacy needs of the adult center primarily on obtaining information from nonfictional texts, literacy instruction in the schools concentrates on fictional texts and literary appreciation. Demonstrates the origins of this chasm in the socialization of schooling over the last 300 years in America. Presents a plan for making…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adults, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
