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Direct linkCheffy, Ian; McCaffery, Juliet; Street, Brian – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 2016
Apart from a few brief intervals, adult literacy has remained low on the development agenda. This article details the contribution of the British Association for Literacy in Development (BALID), a voluntary association based in the UK, to highlighting the importance of literacy in development and, in particular, the importance of reading and…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, National Organizations
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
Mountford, Paula; Price, Ian – Teacher Development, 2004
This article is about a small-scale research project which investigated changing the authors' classroom practice at General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) level and how that change impacts on both teachers and students. This project emerged out of earlier classroom research funded and supported by the National Union of Teachers and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Teacher Researchers, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
