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ERIC Number: EJ665696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-7874
"It Simply Makes Us Better": Literacy Research-in-Practice in the U.S., Britain, Australia, and Canada.
Quigley, B. Allan; Norton, Mary
Perspectives: The New York Journal of Adult Learning, v1 n2 p5-17 2002-2003
A survey of 11 adult literacy practitioner research networks in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada indicated the following: primary purposes were professional development and outlet for practitioner voice; predominant methods were action and participatory research; 10 had government funding; and challenges included lack of time, skepticism about their value, and gender imbalance. (Contains 18 references.) (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Networks, Teacher Researchers, Theory Practice Relationship
New York Association of Continuing Community Education, 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210; http://www.nyacce.org.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Australia; Canada; United Kingdom; United States