Introduction ---- 1. Literacy through a competency-based educational approach --- 2. Whole language in adult literacy education --- 3. The language experience approach --- 4. Listening to studentsʹ voices: publishing studentsʹ writing for other students to read --- 5. The Freircan approach to adult literacy education
Summary
Whether the approach is organized in terms of competencies and performance goals or more broadly in sociopolitical terms such as "empowerment," the emphasis is on meaningful, holistic learner centered instruction. Each chapter provides the theoretical basis for the given approach, sample instructional strategies and activities, and sources of related materials and background reading. -- Back cover
Notes
"Prepared by the National Clearinghouse on Literacy Education, an adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse."
