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Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 6: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice: A Project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Le
ISBN: 9780805854596 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:
*Demographic change and low-literacy Americans; *The role of vocabulary in Adult Basic Education; *Implications of research on spelling for Adult Basic Education; *Issues in teaching speaking skills to adult ESOL learners; *The preparation and stability of the Adult Basic Education teaching workforce; *The adult literacy system in Ireland; and *Broad-based organizing as a vehicle for promoting adult literacy. . Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:
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635,41 zł |
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Toward Defining and Improving Quality in Adult Basic Education: Issues and Challenges
ISBN: 9780805855456 / Angielski / Twarda / 342 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant topics, it includes contributors from the realms of both policy and practice and encompasses both the major instructional areas-reading, writing, and mathematics-as well as larger issues of literacy, learning, and adulthood. Each chapter focuses on what improving quality in the field might look like through the particular lens of the author's work. As a whole, the broad scope of topics and ideas addressed will raise the level of discussion,...
This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant top...
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234,56 zł |
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Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice
ISBN: 9780805861648 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7, is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning. Each Review opens with an overview of significant recent developments in the field of adult literacy followed by a set of chapters presenting in-depth reviews of research and best practices on topics of high interest to the field, and concludes with a... Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7, is the newest volume in a series of annual publications... |
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439,85 zł |
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Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice
ISBN: 9780805861655 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7, is the newest volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning. Each Review opens with an overview of significant recent developments in the field of adult literacy followed by a set of chapters presenting in-depth reviews of research and best practices on topics of high interest to the field, and concludes with a... Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 7, is the newest volume in a series of annual publications... |
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127,03 zł |
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Adult Education Teachers: Designing Critical Literacy Practices
ISBN: 9780805862423 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers working within critical literacy frameworks. It provides an in-depth look at the complexity of adult literacy education through the lenses of these teachers. An understanding of this complexity helps teachers design literacy practices in classrooms on a daily basis. This is an important book for there is considerable pedagogical and political attention focused on adult literacy education at this time. As the field of adult education continues to grapple with issues of teacher professionalization/certification,... This book examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers working within critical literacy frameworks. It provides an in-dept... |
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782,04 zł |
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Adult Education Teachers: Designing Critical Literacy Practices
ISBN: 9780805862430 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers working within critical literacy frameworks. It provides an in-depth look at the complexity of adult literacy education through the lenses of these teachers. An understanding of this complexity helps teachers design literacy practices in classrooms on a daily basis. This is an important book for there is considerable pedagogical and political attention focused on adult literacy education at this time. As the field of adult education continues to grapple with issues of teacher professionalization/certification,... This book examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers working within critical literacy frameworks. It provides an in-dept... |
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268,78 zł |
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Becoming Adult Learners: Principles and Practices for Effective Development
ISBN: 9780807744840 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a new and promising way to support adults in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs specifically, and learners in adult education, in general. Applying renowned Harvard University psychologist Robert Kegan's constructive-development theory,
This book offers a new and promising way to support adults in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) programs ...
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136,80 zł |
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Liberating Voices: Writing at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
ISBN: 9780809325672 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. During the 1920s and 1930s at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, working-class women were educated in the liberal arts and instructed in writing to assume more powerful roles in the industrial workplace. In "Liberating Voices: Writing at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers," Karyn L. Hollis tells the remarkable story of how this multiclass, multiethnic American institution rooted in composition pedagogy, literary history, and leftist thought emerged from the broad social, economic, and ideological trends of the era. The summer school curriculum, Hollis shows, enhanced...
During the 1920s and 1930s at the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers, working-class women were educated in the liberal arts and instructed in w...
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224,84 zł |
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Radical Heroes: Gramsci, Freire and the Poitics of Adult Education
ISBN: 9780815318989 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the ideas of two heroes of adult education, Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Friere, gauging their significance for the development of a radical politics of adult education in the post-Soviet, post-Apartheid new world order.
This book examines the ideas of two heroes of adult education, Antonio Gramsci and Paulo Friere, gauging their significance for the development of a r...
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708,73 zł |
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But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education
ISBN: 9780816065578 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A four-year college isn't right for everyone after high school, but do alternatives exist that will still lead to profitable career opportunities? Author Harlow G. Unger, one of the country's foremost education experts, assures readers in his practical new guidebook that they can achieve career success without a college degree. His new book, But What If I Don't Want to Go to College? Third Edition, provides concrete, step-by-step information for students who wish to pursue career avenues or educational opportunities other than college --for instance, alternative and vocational...
A four-year college isn't right for everyone after high school, but do alternatives exist that will still lead to profitable career opportunities? Aut...
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141,70 zł |
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But What If I Don't Want to Go to College?: A Guide to Success Through Alternative Education
ISBN: 9780816065585 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A four-year college is not for everyone, but what options do high school graduates have without a degree? But What If I Don't Want to Go to College? Third Edition provides concrete, step-by-step information for students who wish to pursue alternative career paths or educational opportunities after high school. It examines careers in 16 industry categories and describes the skills and experiences required for each.
A four-year college is not for everyone, but what options do high school graduates have without a degree? But What If I Don't Want to Go to College? T...
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68,38 zł |
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Enhancing China's Competitiveness Through Lifelong Learning
ISBN: 9780821369432 / Angielski / Miękka / 175 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book discusses the issues and steps involved in building a lifelong learning system in China, including: a coherent policy framework, a sound incentive and institutional framework, a sound regulatory environment, a coordinated governance process, a timely and reliable management information system, a dynamic link with the evolving global system, and the optimal use of limited resources.
This book discusses the issues and steps involved in building a lifelong learning system in China, including: a coherent policy framework, a sound inc...
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58,60 zł |
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Raising Student Learning in Latin America: The Challenge for the 21st Century
ISBN: 9780821370827 / Angielski / Miękka / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Understanding what and how students learn has emerged as a salient issue in Latin America, a region where the majority of children now have access to schools but few students learn the skills they need to succeed. 'Raising Student Learning in Latin America' examines recent advances in our understanding of the policies and programs that affect student learning and provides policy makers with effective options. This volume relies on indicators from national and international assessments of subject matter knowledge plus intermediate learning indicators, such as dropout and completion rates. The...
Understanding what and how students learn has emerged as a salient issue in Latin America, a region where the majority of children now have access to ...
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122,15 zł |
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Reflective Teaching in Further and Adult Education
ISBN: 9780826455970 / Angielski / Twarda / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This textbook for in-service and pre-service training, using the reflective teaching approach popularized by Andrew Pollard, covers both further and adult education. It is written in a variety of styles to suit different kinds of readers. Each chapter contains a narrative description of typical issues, theoretical explanations, practical advice (with checklists), and questions. It thus suits both course use and individual learning.
This textbook for in-service and pre-service training, using the reflective teaching approach popularized by Andrew Pollard, covers both further and a...
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926,10 zł |
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Great Books and Small Groups
ISBN: 9780837197425 / Angielski / Twarda / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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360,15 zł |
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Highlander: No Ordinary School Second Edition
ISBN: 9780870499289 / Angielski / Miękka / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When John M. Glen's Highlander: No Ordinary School, 1932-1962 first appeared in 1988, it was hailed as a full and authoritative study of one of the South's most extraordinary and controversial institutions. Now, in this second edition, Glen updates Highlander's story through the 1990s. He incorporates newly available materials and the latest scholarship to detail the school's recent work in Appalachia, its efforts to bring international grassroots groups together on common issues, and its support of emerging economic and environmental justice campaigns. First named the Highlander Folk School...
When John M. Glen's Highlander: No Ordinary School, 1932-1962 first appeared in 1988, it was hailed as a full and authoritative study of one of the So...
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117,25 zł |
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Peak Learning: How to Create Your Own Lifelong Education Program for Personal Enlightenment and Professional Success
ISBN: 9780874779578 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tens of thousands of readers have become lifelong learners with the help of Ronald Gross's bestselling guidebook. Now, Gross uses the latest developments in technology, at-home learning, and cognitive studies to provide an updated and easy-to-follow program that will take lifetime learners into the next century. In this new edition of Peak Learning, discover:
* ten ways computer technology can enliven, speed, and maximize your learning; * how to get the courses, credit, or degree you want via Cyberspace, TV, video, audio, and other distance-learning tools; and * how to... Tens of thousands of readers have become lifelong learners with the help of Ronald Gross's bestselling guidebook. Now, Gross uses the latest de...
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92,48 zł |
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The Organization and Planning of Adult Education
ISBN: 9780887067990 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The heightened interest in and the rapid expansion of adult education has become a trend in a variety of environments. In order to serve these developing areas, educators, personnel directors, as well as staff development specialists require improved methods for planning learning activities within their own unique organizational contexts. In The Organization and Planning of Adult Education Kowalski examines the issues created by providing a social service in diverse organizational settings and presents a format for initiating and developing adult education programs. In order to comprehend...
The heightened interest in and the rapid expansion of adult education has become a trend in a variety of environments. In order to serve these develop...
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131,20 zł |
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Unearthing Seeds of Fire: The Idea of Highlander
ISBN: 9780895870193 / Angielski / Miękka / 255 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unearthing Seeds of Fire is a thorough historical account of Highlander Folk School and the life of its founder Myles Horton. For any involved in adult education, as well as those interested in education through social movement, this book provides rich descriptions of the ideology, context, and philosophy of creating learning communities through collectivism. Frank Adams is particularly successful at painting a vivid picture of the sociopolitical atmosphere under which Horton created Highlander, describing the successes and failures that were realized over the years, as well as the organic...
Unearthing Seeds of Fire is a thorough historical account of Highlander Folk School and the life of its founder Myles Horton. For any involved in adul...
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88,44 zł |
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Adult Students At-Risk: Culture Bias in Higher Education
ISBN: 9780897895224 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes the current state of the adult student experience in higher education, exploring the organizational, instructional, and interpersonal barriers that adults face in reaching their educational goals. Using applied critical and postmodern theory, the author explores the hypothesis that adults are at-risk in higher education settings because of such bias. The book includes an extensive review and critique of the literature and of contemporary adult... Adults have been and remain marginalized in academic institutions because of the persistence of a deeply rooted culture bias. This work analyzes th... |
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138,92 zł |