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ERIC Number: EJ327886
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Opinion: The Social Context of Literacy Education.
Holzman, Michael
College English, v48 n1 p27-33 Jan 1986
Emphasizes understanding the social psychology of individual and community resistance to schooling in classes of adult students in job training programs. Points out that basic unit of educational organization should be the group of teachers, that classes should be organized as work groups which should share the tasks of education and everyday life, and that harmful practices should cease. (EL)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Educational Theories, High School Equivalency Programs, Literacy Education, Psychological Needs, Reading Skills, Social Influences, Social Psychology, Student Needs, Urban Education, Writing Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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