The Wiley Handbook of Adult LiteracyDolores Perin Examines the widespread phenomenon of poor literacy skills in adults across the globe This handbook presents a wide range of research on adults who have low literacy skills. It looks at the cognitive, affective, and motivational factors underlying adult literacy; adult literacy in different countries; and the educational approaches being taken to help improve adults’ literacy skills. It includes not only adults enrolled in adult literacy programs, but postsecondary students with low literacy skills, some of whom have reading disabilities. The first section of The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy covers issues such as phonological abilities in adults who have not yet learned to read; gender differences in the reading motivation of adults with low literacy skills; literacy skills, academic self-efficacy, and participation in prison education; and more. Chapters on adult literacy, social change and sociocultural factors in South Asia and in Ghana; literacy, numeracy, and self-rated health among U.S. adults; adult literacy programs in Southeastern Europe and Turkey, and a review of family and workplace literacy programs are among the topics featured in the second section. The last part examines how to teach reading and writing to adults with low skills; adults’ transition from secondary to postsecondary education; implications for policy, research, and practice in the adult education field; educational technologies that support reading comprehension; and more.
The Wiley Handbook of Adult Literacy is an excellent book for academic researchers, teacher educators, professional developers, program designers, and graduate students. It’s also beneficial to curriculum developers, adult basic education and developmental education instructors, and program administrators, as well as clinicians and counselors who provide services to adults with reading disabilities. |
Contents
List of Contributors | 9 |
Cognitive Processing Challenges Associated with Low Literacy in Adults | 17 |
Phonological Abilities in Fully Illiterate Adults | 41 |
Gender Differences in the Reading Motivation of Adults with | 63 |
Integrating Component Skills in a Reading Comprehension Framework | 89 |
Writing Challenges for Postsecondary English Learners with Low Levels of First | 107 |
Comparing Adults and Childrens | 131 |
Literacy Skills Academic SelfEfficacy and Participation in Prison Education | 151 |
Literacy and Social Change in South Asia | 299 |
Literacy Numeracy and SelfRated Health among U S Adults | 317 |
Adults with Low Skills and Learning Disabilities | 337 |
Participation in Literacy Programs for Adults with Low Skills in Southeastern | 361 |
A Literature Review on Family | 381 |
Education of Adults with Low Literacy Skills | 407 |
Implications for Policy | 429 |
The Learning and Growth of Adult | 451 |
Readiness to Learn Among Adults with Low Skills | 171 |
Cognitive Profile of Students with Dyslexia Entering Postsecondary | 193 |
A Cognitive Framework for Tracing the Roots of Reading Disabilities Among | 215 |
Reading Writing and SelfEfficacy of LowSkilled Postsecondary Students | 237 |
Contexts of Literacy for Adults with Low Skills | 261 |
in Rural Ghana | 283 |
Educational Technologies that Support Reading Comprehension for Adults | 471 |
Writing Strategy Instruction for LowSkilled Postsecondary Students | 495 |
Transitioning Adult Literacy Students to Postsecondary Education | 517 |
Research on Developmental Education Instruction for Adult Literacy | 541 |
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