ISBN:

• 9780807744857
• 9780807744840
• 0807744859
• 0807744840

Description: xv, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.

Contents:

• Introduction : Aims, purposes, and intentions of this book
• Understanding constructive-developmental theory
• Research method
• The Polaroid learning site
• "Not I alone" : the power of the cohort and collaborative learning
• "Good teachers understand their students" : a developmental view of learners' expectations of their teachers
• "We're trying to get ahead" : changes in learners' conceptions of themselves, their skills, and their relationship to work
• Implications of a new pluralism for program design, curriculum development, practice, policy, and research
• Epilogue : Graduation : a red-letter day.

LCCN: 2004046096

Control Number: 916631

Subjects:

• Adult education -- United States.
• Alphabétisation fonctionnelle -- États-Unis.
• Alphabétisme fonctionnel.
• Apprentissage chez l'adulte.
• Continuing education -- United States.
• Erwachsenenbildung.
• Éducation des adultes -- États-Unis.
• Éducation des adultes.
• Éducation permanente -- États-Unis.
• Éducation permanente.
• États-Unis.
• Functional literacy -- United States.
• United States.
• Volwasseneneducatie.