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" Adult literacy, numeracy and language : "
edited by Lyn Tett, Mary Hamilton and Yvonne Hillier.
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967373
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b721743
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Adult literacy, numeracy and language : : policy, practice and research /\ edited by Lyn Tett, Mary Hamilton and Yvonne Hillier.
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| Publication Statement
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Maidenhead :: Open University Press,, 2006.
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1 online resource (xvi, 188 pages) :: illustrations
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0335228038
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: 1280948183
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: 9780335228034
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: 9781280948183
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0335219373
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0335219381
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9780335219377
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9780335219384
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Social practice of adult literacy, numeracy and language / Mary Hamilton, Yvonne Hillier, Lyn Tett -- Significance of a social practice view of language, literacy and numeracy / David Barton -- How could a socio-cultural approach to literacy, language and numeracy inform policy? / Ursula Howard -- Adult literacies and social inclusion : practice, research and policy in Scotland / Lyn Tett -- Aligning socio-cultural and critical approaches to multilingual literacy research / Elsa Auerbach -- Language, literacy and bilingualism : connecting theory, policy and practice / Celia Roberts -- Literacy, language and bilingualism / Mahendra Verma -- Power of numbers : research agendas in a number-saturated world / Mike Baynham -- Socio-cultural approach to adult numeracy : issues for policy and practice / Diana Coben -- Measuring up : practitioners researching numeracy / Mark Baxter [and others] -- Education for all : the globalization of learning targets / Harvey Goldstein -- Tests and ptarmigan / Peter Lavender -- Performance measurement within adult literacy, language and numeracy : practitioners' perspectives / Jay Derrick -- Crossing borders, and back again : a life of building bridges, squaring circles and living literacy as social practice / Juliet Merrifield -- Exploring possibilities in the boundaries / Mary Norton -- Crossing boundaries or boundary crossing : from practice to research and research to practice / Yvonne Hillier.
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| Abstract
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Explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. This book shows how the social practice approach to learning and teaching can be used to develop more inclusive views of adult literacy, numeracy and language.
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Education.
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Elementary education of adults.
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Adultes-- Enseignement primaire.
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Alphabetisierung
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Education, Special Topics.
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Education.
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Education.
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Elementary education of adults.
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Erwachsenenbildung
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Social Sciences.
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| Dewey Classification
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374.012
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LC5219.A337 2006eb
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Hamilton, Mary,1949-
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Hillier, Yvonne.
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Tett, Lyn,1946-
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