Functional Context Education: Making Learning Relevant.

Sticht, Tom

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Title:	Functional Context Education: Making Learning Relevant.
Authors:	Sticht, Tom
Descriptors:	Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Case Studies; Cognitive Development; Cognitive Processes; Cognitive Psychology; Constructivism (Learning); Context Effect; Cooperative Learning; Curriculum Development; Diversity (Institutional); Educational Research; Functional Literacy; Literacy Education; Problem Solving; Program Development; Relevance (Education); Student Diversity; Workplace Literacy
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Publication Date:	2000-00-00
Pages:	116
Pub Types:	Information Analyses
Abstract:	This notebook discusses issues and methods of developing adult literacy education (ALE) programs according to functional context education (FCE) principles. Chapters 1-3 in Part 1, The Power of ALE, focus on current ALE; address why ALE is of growing importance; show how investments can return benefits for adults and others; look at issues involved in trying to find out how many adults are at risk because of their literacy skills; review the National Adult Literacy Survey; discuss problems in determining how much is enough literacy; describe diversity among adult literacy students and adult education settings and how it can affect program development; summarize data on learning gains in ALE programs; and show that the results suggest a need for more attention to development of ALE programs based on results of cognitive science and principles of FCE. Chapters 4-6 in Part 2, Cognitive Science Foundations, provide a summary of contemporary cognitive science as it relates to FCE and show how concepts of FCE relate to other advances in educational research; and discuss concepts such as the social basis of cognition and literacy, constructivism, situated cognition and practice, contextual learning, anchored instruction, problem-based learning, cooperative learning, multiliteracies, and multiple modes of representation in relation to FCE. Chapters 7-10 in Part 3, Case Studies in FCE, provide four case studies of ALE programs that illustrate how to apply the principles of FCE to curriculum development and assessment. (YLB)
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Note:	For full text of an earlier (1997) version: http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/context/context.pdf.
Identifiers:	Cognitive Sciences; Functional Context; Functional Context Education; Situated Learning
Record Type:	Non-Journal
Level:	1 - Available on microfiche
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Adult Basic Education

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