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Society Reschooling
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Street, Brian V. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This essay offers a commentary on how the relationship between language and literacy practices in and out of school has been conceptualized. It draws upon two new books in the field. Shirley Brice Heath's new book, "Words at Work and Play: Three Decades in Family and Community Life," which makes use of rich ethnographic accounts of…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Literacy, Writing Skills
Orlonia's "Literacy-in-Persons": Expanding Notions of Literacy through Biography and History
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Johnson, Amy Suzanne; Cowles, Lauren – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
Life history methods were used to explore the literate identity of one African American woman, Orlonia, who lives and works in a small rural community in the southeastern United States. Specifically, the authors explore how Orlonia's literate identity is constantly developing throughout her life, taking place in frames of biography and history.…
Descriptors: African Americans, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Disparate Reading Identities of Adult Students in One GED Program
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Compton-Lilly, Catherine – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2009
Identities are constructed throughout people's lives. In this paper, I explored the emerging reading identities of 10 adults who were pursuing GED (General Educational Development) credentials. While part of a much larger study that included many data sources, this paper draws on interview data to examine how one group of adults positioned…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Development, Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs
Bridging Cultures through Literacy. The Thirty-Seventh Yearbook: A Double Peer-Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers
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Vasinda, Sheri, Ed.; Szabo, Susan, Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2015
The theme for the 58th annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) was Bridging Cultures Through Literacy. In the first section of the Yearbook, Parker Fawson's presidential address captures the unique nature of ALER and its role in his professional development, and then moved beyond to capture the changing…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Reading Comprehension, Common Core State Standards
Reading Practices among Adult Education Participants
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Mellard, Daryl; Patterson, Margaret Becker; Prewett, Sara – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
This study extends the literature on the relation between reading practices and individual characteristics of participants in adult education who have low literacy skills. Reading practices describe individuals' reading frequency for different types of written material, such as books, newspapers, magazines, technical materials, and work documents.…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Adult Education, Reading Habits, Learning Disabilities
Mobilising Everyday Literacy Practices within the Curricula
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Smith, June – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2005
New Literacy Studies is the theoretical basis for this research, providing a social view of literacy. Recent work in New Literacy Studies has extended further the notion of literacy and demonstrated the ways in which people engage in practices in their everyday lives that do not always get translated into their studies. This article draws on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Education, Literacy, Social Environment