Living in the Feudalism of Adult Basic and Literacy Education: Can We Negotiate a Literacy Democracy?.

Quigley, B. Allan

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Publication Date: 2001

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Living in the Feudalism of Adult Basic and Literacy Education: Can We Negotiate a Literacy Democracy?

Quigley, B. Allan

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n91 p55-62 Fall 2001

Adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) is governed by political processes that impede practice. New trends that may help move ABLE toward democracy include the Internet as a site of policy debates and advocacy and use of the findings of practitioner action research. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Descriptors: Action Research, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Educational Change, Internet, Literacy Education, Politics of Education, Teacher Researchers

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Language: English

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