McCaffery, Juliet

Developing adult literacy: approaches to planning, implementing, and delivering literacy initiatives/ Juliet McCaffery, Juliet Merrifield and Juliet Millican - Oxford: Oxfam GB; 2007. - xii, 289 p.; 25 cm.

Part I. Understanding the context --
1. Introduction -- 2. The international context -- 3. Mainstreaming gender --

Part II. Understanding literacy --
4. What do we mean by literacy? -- 5. Literacy as skills -- 6. Literacy as tasks -- 7. Literacy as social practice -- 8. Literacy as critical reflection --

Part III. Understanding the preparation process --
9. Planning for literacy -- 10. The language of literacy -- 11. Monitoring and evaluating literacy programmes --

Part IV. Understanding the learning process --
12. How people learn to read and write -- 13. Approaches to curriculum -- 14. Resources for literacy -- 15. Training and supporting literacy educators -- 16. Assessing literacy learning --

Part V. Making sense of adult literacy --
17. Conclusions --

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Education--Adult Literacy
Functional Literacy--Developing Countries

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