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Coutinho, Colin – Online Submission, 2008
This paper will review the article entitled, "Shopping {For} Power: How Adult Literacy Learners Negotiate" [EJ756994] by authors Julie L. Ozanne, Natalie Ross Adkins, and Jennifer A. Sandlin. The authors argue that functional literacy in the United States is an important issue and needs to play a larger role in adult literacy programs.…
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Adult Literacy, Interviews, Observation
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Quigley, 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