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Adult literacy in a new era : reflections from the Open Book

2011

Format:	Book
Author:	Ramdeholl, Dianne.
Title:	Adult literacy in a new era : reflections from the Open Book / Dianne Ramdeholl.
Publisher, Date:	Boulder, Colorado : Paradigm Publishers, [2011] ©2011
Description:	xxv, 140 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects:	Adult education -- United States. Functional literacy -- United States. Literacy -- United States. Literacy programs -- Evaluation. High interest-low vocabulary books.
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN:	2011018152
ISBN:	9781594518485 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1594518483 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Other Number:	610855518
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Adult Literacy in a New Era chronicles the history and development of The Open Book, an adult literacy organisation inspired by the legendary educationalist Paulo Freire, and other political educators. Using participants' own words and experiences, Ramdeholl analyses and investigates adult literacy policy and aspects of the program's history from its beginning in 1984 to its end in 2001. Offering new insights into methodologies of reading, writing, and learning, this book will inspire not only adult literacy students and teachers, but anyone concerned with changing public policy from the bottom up.

Table of Contents

	Setting the Context	p. vii
	Foreword John Gordon	p. xiii
	Preface	p. xviii
	Acknowledgments	p. xxv
1	We Are Grains of Sand but Together We Can Make a Beach: The Beginning of the Program	p. 1
2	Education Not by the Book! Three Students' Journeys	p. 9
3	An Invitation Inside Our Classrooms: A Different Way of Teaching Reading and Writing	p. 19
4	Hands Wash Hands but They Both Wash the Face: Students as Assistant Teachers	p. 30
5	Let Students Drive the Vehicle! Student Leadership, Power, and Decision-Making	p. 38
6	What About Students' Rights to Dignity, Autonomy, and Respect? The Welfare Battle	p. 52
7	Letting the Powers That Be to Be	p. 62
8	Community Makes a Place Stronger! The Issue of Power Revisited	p. 71
9	The Writing on the Wall	p. 78
10	Where's East? Where's West? An Update from the Field	p. 87
11	It May Be Finished but It Still Lives On!	p. 98
Appendix A		p. 106
Appendix B		p. 109
Appendix C		p. 114
Appendix D		p. 120
Appendix E		p. 127
	Bibliography	p. 133
	About the Author	p. 140

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