{"product_id":"rethinking-literacy-education-the-critical-need-for-practice-based-change-hardback-9780787902872","title":"Rethinking Literacy Education; The Critical Need for Practice-Based Change (Hardback) 9780787902872","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRethinking Literacy Education\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Critical Need for Practice-Based Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eB. Allan Quigley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787902872, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 October 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.2 x 15.8 x 2.7 cm, 0.551 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e?This book is challenging, useful, insightful, authoritative, andhopeful--one that every adult literacy education policy and programleader, researcher and practitioner should read. With this work,Allan Quigley has made a first-rate contribution to our field.?(Jean H. Lowe, director, GED Testing Service)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ?Quigley's perspective on adult literacy is fresh and provocative.Rethinking Literacy Education impels adult literacy professionalsto reconsider what they are doing and why.? (Hal Beder, professor,department of educational theory, policy, and administration,Rutgers)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ?Valuable in encouraging literacy practitioners to be moreproactive in challenging misguided public policy and damagingliteracy rhetoric.? (Elisabeth Hayes, associate professor,department of continuing and vocational education, University ofWisconsin-Madison)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1998 Winner of the Cyril O. Houle World Award for Literature in Adult EducationIn this thought-provoking book, Quigley offers a new view of illiteracy that starts with the learner and takes into account a broad array of work, family, and cultural considerations. This guide gives adult educators and trainers working in the field concrete suggestions and alternatives for their work that they can use to shape a new philosophy of adult literacy and improve their practice.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eILLITERACY THROUGH SOCIETY'S EYES.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Myths, Rhetoric, and Stereotypes About Literacy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. The Popular Perspective and the Media.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. The Political Perspective and Literacy Programs.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e HOW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS VIEW ILLITERACY.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Rethinking Educational Approaches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. What Textbooks Can Communicate to Learners.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ENGAGING NONPARTICIPANTS AND DROPOUTS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. Understanding Attrition and Improving Retention.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. Why Many Resist, and Ways to Recruit Them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. Grounding Programs and Policies in Practical Knowledge.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. Literacy Educators as Leaders of Effective Change.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TAKING ACTION TO TRANSFORM LITERACY EDUCATION.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Education [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Education\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Education%20%5BJN%5D%22\"\u003eJN\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407373398296,"sku":"9780787902872","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787902872.jpg?v=1784164600","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rethinking-literacy-education-the-critical-need-for-practice-based-change-hardback-9780787902872","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}