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Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.; Draper, James A., Ed. Adult Literacy Perspectives LAA;UnZRT RESUME ED 333 117 CE 057 951 AUTHOR Taylor, Maurice C., Ed.;Draper, James A.,Ed. TITLE Adult Literacy Perspectives. SPONS AGENCY National Literacy Secretariat,Ottawa (Ontario). REPORT NO ISBN-0-921472-04-8 PUB DATE 89 NOTE 486p. AVAILABLE FROM Culture Concepts Inc., 5Darlingbrook Crescent, Toronto, Ontario M9AH ($34.00 U.S.; $34.24 Canadian; shipping discountand book dealer price available). PUB TYPE Books (010) -- Information Analyses (070)-- Reports - Research/Technical (143) EDRS PRICE MF02 Plus Postage. PC NotAvailable from EDRS. DESCRIPTORS *Adult Basic Education; *Adult Literacy;Adults; Community Development;Correctional Institutions; Economic Development; EconomicFactors; Foreign Countries; InternationalEducation; Planning; *Professional Development;Program Development; Program Evaluation; RemedialInstruction; *Student Evaluation; Training; WomensEducation IDENTIFIERS *Canada; United Kingdom;Workplace Literacy ABSTRACT This book, intended to serve as a professional reference work, proposes to define thefield of Adult Basic Education in its evolution, its contributionto professional education, and the principal problems and issues. The volumecontains the following treatises: "Definitions and Evolutionof the Concepts" (Thomas); "Selected Chronology of Literacy Events" (Draper);"Language of Experience and the Literacy of Power"(Darville); "Federal Legislation and Adult Basic Educationin Canada" (Thomas et ali; "Literacy--'Autonomous v. Ideological' Model" (Street);"Historical View of Literacy" (Draper); "Caseof the Franco-Ontarian Illiterate" (Roy-Poirier); "Adult Basic EducationPrograms in Canada" (Anderson); "Conscious Romantics" (Martin);"Implications of Technological Change f7r Adult Education" (Jean);"Community-Based Literacy Programming" (Gaber-Katz, Watson); "Generoussupply, Barred Demand" (Hautecoeur); "Creating Curriculum" (McBeth);"Approaches to Reading Instruction for Adult Beginning Readers" (Askov);"Computer Assisted Instruction" (Wiener); "Life Skills" (Conger, Cameron); "Role of Literacyir. Methods of Teaching Englishas a Second Language" (Burnaby, Bell); "Literacy for Participation" (Brown);"Rubic Cube" (Lafleur); "Tests for Adult Basic Education and Adult Literacy" (Jones); "Assessmentof the Basic Dimensions and theConcept of Instrument Readability" (Taylor); "Field Study of CommunityLiteracy Methodological Questions" (Wagner); "ApplyingNaturalist Evaluation in Basic Education" (Fellenz); "RemedialReading Procedures for Adult Learners" (Singh, Singh); "AdultDisabled Reader" (Thistlethwaite); "Remediation in Mathematics" (Chapline,Newman); "Remediation in Adult Education Using anIndivilualized Microcomputer Program" (Vacc);."Remedial Learning" (Lohnes);"Student Concepts of Literacy Learning" (O'Briln); "TeachingStyleo and the Adult Basic Educator" (Conti); "Voluntarismin Community Based Literacy" (Moore; Westell); "Basic Job Retraining and Paid Educational Leave" (Burton);"Learning through Researn" Draper); "Reflections on Literacyand the Universal-Learning Process" (Barer-Stein);"From the Learners' Voice" (Horsman); "Women and Literacy" (MacKeracher); "Economicsof Adult Basic Education" (Rubenson); "Administration of Adult BasicEducation Programs" (Rachlis); "Adult Basic Educationin the prisons* (Isabelle); "Literacy and Illiteracy in the Workplace"(Chang); "Issues, Trends and Implications inAdult Basic Education" (Fearpoint); "Adult Basic Educationand Community Development" (Shuttleworth); "Adult Literacy inthe Development of Nations" (Bhola); "International Communicationand National Development" (Draper); "International Sharing" (Clarke); "Final Eradicationof Illiteracy" (Belanger); and "Youth'sParticipation in Literacy Werk :74 ./MM .11111... maurice c. taylor lames a.draPer "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION editors MATERIAL IN MICROFICHE ONLY Office of Educational Research and Improvement UCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION HAS BEEN GRANTED BY CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as reCeived from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to Improve reproduction quality Points of view or opinions slated in this docu TO THE EDUCATIONAL RE,URCES merit do not neCesSarily represent official INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." OERI position or policy ) 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE culture concepts inc. 71111111!11111111H1111 \ c. lw inatFice james a.draitayper/ editors culture concepts inc. ISBN 0-921472-04-8 3 °Culture Concepts Inc. 1989 All rights reserved. "The views expressed in this book represent the views and opinions of the individual authors only." CANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA Main Entry under title: Adult Literacy Perspectives Includes bibliographies ISBN 0-921472-04-8 1. Adult Education - Canada 2. Literacy - Canada. 3. Basic Education - Canada. 4. Adult Education. I Taylor, Maurice Charles, 1952- .II Draper, James A., 1930- III Culture Concepts Inc. LC5254.A38 1989 374%012'0971C89-094456-3 PUBLISHED IN CANADA BY: Culture Concepts Inc. 5 Darlingbrook Crescent ibronto (Islington) Ontario M9A 3H4 Canada '5,pesetting by: Jaytype Inc. Cover Design: Lorisa Stein Printing: University of Toronto Press TABLE OF CONTENTS Maurice C. Thylor James A. Draper editors Page INTRODUCTION VII THE CONTRIBUTOLS IX PART 1 HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES INTRODUCTION TO PART 1 1 CHAPTER 1. Definitions and Evolution of the Concepts . 3 Audrey Thomas Literacy Consultant 2. A Selected Chronology of Literacy Events ..15 JamesA. Draper The Ontario Institute fir Studies in Education 3. The Language ^f Zxperience and the Literacy of Power 25 Richard Darville University of British Columbia 4.Federal Legislation and Adult Basic Education in Canada ............... 41 Alan M. Thomas The Ontario Institute fo, Studies in Education Carolyn Gaskin London Board of Education Maurice C. Taylor Algonquin College 5. literacy - 'Autonomous V. Ideological' Model 57 Brian Street University of Sussex, U.K. 6. A Historical View of Literacy 71 James A. Draper The Ontario institute for Studies in Education 5 Adult Literacy Perspectives Page PART 2 THE ADULT ILLITERACY DIMENSIONS INTRODUCTION TO PART 2 81 CHAPTER1. The Case of the Franco-Ontarian Illiterate 83 Jeannine Roy-Poirier University of Ottawa 2. Adult Basic Education Programs in Canada95 Ethel Anderson Ministry of Education 3. Conscious Romantics: A Trade Unionist's Reflections on the Politics of Learning ;03 D'Arcy Martin Communications and Electrical Workers of Canada 4. Implications of Technological Change for Adult Education 113 Michele Jean Quebec Ministry of Labour Market 5. Community-Based Literacy Programming: The Toronto Experience 119 Elaine Gaber-Katz & Gladys Watson Toronto Board of Education 6. Generous Supply, Barred Demand: The Current Paradox of Literacy 129 Jean-Paul Hautecoeur Ministère d'Education de Québec PART 3 ELEMENTS IN THE PROGRAM PLANNING PROCESS INTRODUCTION TO PART 3 143 CHAPTER1. Creating Curriculum: A Learner-Centred Approach 145 Sally McBeth East End Literacy 2. Approaches to Reading Instruction for Adult Beginning Readers 155 Eunice N. Askov The Pennsylvania State University, US.A. Contents Page 3. Computer Assisted Instruction (CAT): Current Issues, Gender Implications and Future Directions 165 RobertaB. Wiener Ade/phiUniversity, U.S.A. 4. Life Skills 173 D. Stuart Conger D. Stuart Conger and Associates Sharon E. Cameron A /gonquinCo/leg" 5. The Role of Literacy in Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language 185 Barbara Burnaby The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Jill Bell The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education 6. Literacy for Participation 197 Jenny Brown County of Avon 714tor, UK. 7. The Rubic Cube: A Model for Job Skills Upgrading 207 Susan Lafleur University of Ottawa PART 4 ASSESSMENT IN ADULT BASIC EDUCATION INTRODUCTIONTh PART 4 215 CHAPTER1. Tests for Adult Basic Education and Adult Literacy 217 StanJones Carleton University 2. Assessment of the Basic Dimensions and the Concept of Instrument Readability 227 Maurice C. Taylor AlgonquinCollege 3. Field Study of Community Literary Methodological Questions 235 Serge Wag= Université de Montreal - tit 7 Adult Literacy Perspectives Page 4. Applying Naturalist Evaluation in Basic Education 247 Robert A. Fellenz Montana State University, U.S.A. PART 5 REMEDIAL APPROACHES IN BASIC EDUCATION INTRODUCTION TO PART 5 253 CHAPTER1. Remedial Reading Procedures for Adult Learners 255 Judy Singh & Nirbhay N. Singh Virginia Commonwealth University, U.S.A. 2. The Adult Disabled Reader 263 Linda Thistlethwaite Western Illinois University, U.S.A. 3. Remediation in Mathematics.. New Approaches for Old Ideas 273 Elaine M. Chap line & Claire B. Newman The City University of New York, U.S.A. 4. Remediation in Adult Education Using an Indivilualized Microcomputer Program 283 Nancy N. Vacc University of North Carolina, U.S.A. 5. Remedial Learning: An Experiential Approach 293 Diana M. Lohnes Algonquin College 6. Student Concepts of Literacy Learning: The Neglected Factor in Remediation 301 Margaret A. O'Brien Mount Saint ":ncent University PART 6 TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTRODUCTION TO PART 6 309 CHAPTER1. Teaching Styles and the Adult Basic Educator 11 Gary J. Conti Montana State University, U.S.A. IV Adult Literacy Perspectives Page 2. Voluntarism in Community Based Literacy . 319 Anne Moore & Tracy Westell Parkdule Project Read 3. Basic Job Retraining and Paid Educational Leave 325 Lynn Burton Prime Minister's National Advisory Board on Science and Technology 4. Learning Through Research 337 James
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