ERIC Number: EJ1013645
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 24
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ISSN: ISSN-1443-1394
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A Case Study of a Volunteer-Based Literacy Class with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Lynch, Jacqueline
Australian Journal of Adult Learning, v53 n2 p302-325 Jul 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine participants' perspectives on how a volunteer-based adult literacy class supports the learning of adults with developmental/intellectual disabilities. Interviews were conducted with four tutors, three adult learners, and two coordinators and observations of the class occurred over a 6-month period during which the author was a tutor. The focus during this time period was on health and mathematics. Three major categories were identified: class organization (goals and structure), teaching strategies and behaviours, and class activities. Based on these findings, several recommendations are presented including the need for further integration of adult learners' out-of-school literacy activities into the class and for increased tutor knowledge of the adult learners' disability.
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Education, Literacy Education, Mental Retardation, Developmental Disabilities, Adult Students, Interviews, Tutors, Volunteers, Foreign Countries, Observation, Teaching Methods, Classroom Techniques, Goal Orientation, Learning Activities, Health Education, Mathematics Skills, Case Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Basic Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: National Adult Literacy Survey (NCES)
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