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ERIC Number: EJ531874
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1035-3054
Adult Literacy and ESL as Professions.
Ward, Patricia
Literacy Broadsheet, n43 p2-6 Aug 1996
The field of adult literacy and English as a Second Language would benefit from open debate on the issues surrounding professionalization. Such discussion would explore what being a profession means and the potential effects of economic rationalization, market forces, policy emphasis on job training, and the traditions of the field. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Professional Occupations
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Professionalization
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