Literacy Policy and Practice: Issues for Debate.

Hinzen, Heribert

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Publication Date: 1989

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Literacy Policy and Practice: Issues for Debate.

Hinzen, Heribert

Prospects, v19 n4 p505-17 1989

Examines literacy campaigns from a literacy educator's viewpoint. Stresses that misassumptions, inaccurate definitions, misused statistics, unrealistic goals, and the failure to listen to literacy students themselves have resulted in frustrated policies. Suggests 10 theses for improving literacy policy in both developed and developing nations. Sees literacy as an evolutionary process. (CH)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cultural Context, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Objectives, Literacy, Resource Allocation, Student Centered Curriculum, Student Needs, Theory Practice Relationship

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