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ERIC Number: EJ460670
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1993
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Defining Literacy for Ourselves and for Our Students.
Clements, Tamara
Literacy Harvest, v2 n1 p2-4 Win 1993
Explores definitions of adult literacy. The shift toward a more learner-centered education makes literacy meaningful to teachers and learners mutually and can be achieved through joint planning of instruction so that students share responsibility for determining what is needed. New definitions of literacy bring new insights. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Basic Skills, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Educational Cooperation, Educational Planning, Job Skills, Literacy Education, Student Responsibility, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Learner Centered Instruction
Note: Literacy Assistance Center, Inc., 15 Dutch St., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10038.