Tracking Adult Literacy and Numeracy Skills
Findings from Longitudinal Research
Understanding the origins of poor literacy and numeracy skills in adulthood and how to improve them is of major importance when society places a high premium on proficiency in these basic skills. This edited collection brings together the results of recent longitudinal studies that greatly extend our knowledge of what works in raising skill levels, as well as the social and economic returns to improvement.Many fundamental research questions in adult education involve change over time: how adults learn, how program participation influences their acquisition of skills and knowledge, and how their educational development interacts with their soc…
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Weitere Autoren: Bynner, John (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-135-90330-5
- EAN: 9781135903305
- Produktnummer: 18432726
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 412 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 3'846 KB
- Abbildungen: 39 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 4 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 35 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 49 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Stephen Reder is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Applied Linguistics. He is author of Literacy in America, co-editor of Learning Disabilities, Literacy and Adult Education and numerous articles and chapters. He serves on boards and advisory groups of numerous public agencies and organizations in the fields of adult literacy, second language acquisition and adult education.John Bynner is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences in Education at the London Institute of Education. Until retirement in 2003 he was Director of the Bedford Group for Life Course and Statistical Studies, the Centre for Longitudinal Studies and founder Director of the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy & Numeracy.
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