ABSTRACT

This book examines the literacy practices of exemplary adult education teachers working within critical literacy frameworks. It provides an in-depth look at the complexity of adult literacy education through the lenses of these teachers. An understanding of this complexity helps teachers design literacy practices in classrooms on a daily basis. This is an important book for there is considerable pedagogical and political attention focused on adult literacy education at this time. As the field of adult education continues to grapple with issues of teacher professionalization/certification, it adds a much needed teacher perspective.





Appropriate as a text for adult education courses, this volume will also appeal to researchers, teacher educators, practitioners, and graduate students across the field of literacy education.

part 1|59 pages

Framework and Contexts

chapter 2|22 pages

Literacy Acceleration within Critical Frameworks

An Emergent Framework

chapter 3|17 pages

Context

Adult Literacy Education in St. Louis: Window and Mirror

part 2|55 pages

Cases of Adult Education Teachers

chapter 4|13 pages

Designing Communities of Practice

chapter 5|13 pages

Reflexive Teaching

chapter 6|13 pages

Cultivating Voice

part 3|55 pages

Cases of Adult Education Teachers

chapter 8|15 pages

Teaching the Codes of Power

chapter 9|12 pages

Literacy Education as Activism

chapter 10|12 pages

Ethics and English Teaching

part 4|59 pages

Cases of Adult Education Teachers

chapter 12|14 pages

Class Actions

Worker’s Rights and Literacy Education

chapter 14|17 pages

Inquiry and Perspective

part 5|22 pages

Conclusions

chapter 16|20 pages

Conclusions

Lessons Learned