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Peer reviewedDemetrion, George – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2001
Compares three perspectives on contextual literacy and gives examples of program settings with which each is philosophically congruent: (1) literacy as social practices, focused on use in daily life; (2) functional context literacy, mastery of concrete tasks embedded in environments; and (3) critical literacy, analysis of oppression and use of…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Theories, Functional Literacy, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedDemetrion, George – Adult Basic Education, 1999
Analyzes, within the historical context of functional literacy, a Connecticut Department of Education policy paper linking adult basic education and work force development. Calls for broader basic education that links instrumental knowledge with autobiographical insight and meaningful sociocultural knowledge using collaborative methodology. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Functional Literacy
