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ERIC Number: EJ590172
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Current Writing Attitudes and Practices in Selected Adult Literacy Programs in Western Canada.
Fahy, Patrick J.; Morgan, Deborah
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v45 n2 p209-11 Sum 1999
A survey of coordinators and tutors in 50 adult-literacy programs in western Canada examined program activities involving writing; amount and type of instruction devoted to writing; and staff attitudes about the value of writing in the program, their own writing skills, potential of writing as a self-development tool, and professional-development needs. (SV)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Needs Assessment, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada (West)