Rethinking Literacy Education: The Critical Need for Practice-Based Change (Hardcover)

ILLITERACY THROUGH SOCIETY'S EYES.

1. Myths, Rhetoric, and Stereotypes About Literacy.

2. The Popular Perspective and the Media.

3. The Political Perspective and Literacy Programs.

HOW TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS VIEW ILLITERACY.

4. Rethinking Educational Approaches.

5. What Textbooks Can Communicate to Learners.

ENGAGING NONPARTICIPANTS AND DROPOUTS.

6. Understanding Attrition and Improving Retention.

7. Why Many Resist, and Ways to Recruit Them.

8. Grounding Programs and Policies in Practical Knowledge.

9. Literacy Educators as Leaders of Effective Change.

TAKING ACTION TO TRANSFORM LITERACY EDUCATION.