Browse by author "George Demetrion"
21. Philosophy of and Approach to Adult Literacy Underlying the Binder Concept at Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (2001)
Authors: George Demetrion
In this document, you will find:
- cover page
- programmatic premises
- instructional premises
- background assumptions
- appendices, and
- pedagogical principles
Added: 2006-04-11
22. The Post-Industrial Future and the Origins of Competency-Based Adult Basic Education in Connecticut: A Critical Perspective (1999)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay analyzes a major policy paper of the Connecticut Department of Education linking adult basic education with the need to equip potential employees with an increasingly complex set of "basic skills" in order to assure the state a well-qualified workforce in a "post-industrial" economy. This effort is prefaced by a brief historical overview of functional literacy since the 1930s. This essay calls for a broadened adult basic education curriculum linking instrumental knowledge with autobiographical insight and meaningful socio-cultural knowledge through a collaborative methodology where students learn from each other as well as from the instructor.
Added: 2000-09-05
23. Postpositivist Scientific Philosophy: Mediating Convergences (2004)
Authors: George Demetrion
This short monograph builds on and expands arguments made in Chapters 9 & 10 of the author`s book, Conflicting Paradigms in Adult Literacy Education: In Quest of a U.S. Democratic Politics of Literacy.
Added: 2004-10-29
24. Practitioner-Based Inquiry: Theoretical Probings (2000)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay critically examines Carr and Kemmis's “Becoming Critical: Education, Knowledge and Action Research” (1986), through comparison to John Dewey's “theory of knowing.”
Added: 2002-10-25
25. Re-Inventing the Self (1999)
Passages into History, Business, and Adult Literacy - An American Scholar in Search of a Calling
Authors: George Demetrion
This "critical autobiography" details fifteen years of the author's life, from graduate school through to program manager for an adult literacy reading centre, during which time he tried to lessen the tensions between thought/mind and action/body.
Added: 2002-10-24
26. Reading Giroux Through a Deweyan Lens: Pushing Utopia to the Outer Edge (2001)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay uses a Deweyan perspective to explore Giroux's writings, including his concepts of resistance, literacy, and empowerment.
Added: 2002-10-25
27. Reflecting on Culture Wars in Adult Literacy Education: Exploring Critical Issues in (2000)
Authors: George Demetrion
While the theories of New Literacy Studies are being applied in teaching, they have had much less currency at the level of educational systems and policies - institutions, funding, and accountability. Such a shift in the understanding of literacy means that ‘performance' is defined differently and requires a different approach to accountability. One's perspective on what is good performance in adult education, and what should be measured, depends on one's context and position. Learners' perspectives on what is a successful program may not be the same as policymakers' perspectives. Learners may want a program that treats them with respect, allows them to feel successful, provides them with the learning opportunities they want, and supports the results that are important to them, whether they are a credential or the ability to read to their children. Policymakers may not care about any of the process, but want a program that gets people into jobs.
Educators, rooted in the kindergarten-through-higher-education tradition, may care most about credentials. As Juliet Merrifield maintains in "Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education", the concept of functional literacy should be laid to rest. The concept is flawed. Its definition is arbitrary, its measurement is problematic, and the phenomenon of "functioning in life" cannot readily be equated with literacy. Adults with limited literacy skills should be credited with the skills and knowledge that they do have. Educators should start to build on and extend this knowledge and skill, based on the needs, desires, and interests of the adult learners, rather than dwelling on measuring how "functional" a learner is or needs to become, according to standardized tests.
For a copy of this report, contact : Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford, 30 Arbor Street, Hartford, CT 06106 USA, E-mail : Gdemetrion@Juno.com
Added: 2000-01-01
28. Rethinking Literacy Education: The Critical Need for Practice-Based Change (1999)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay takes an empathetic but critical look at B. Allan Quigley's text, Rethinking Literacy Education.
Added: 2000-09-07
29. A Scaffolding Paradigm: Small Group Tutoring at the Bob Steele Reading Center 1990-1995 (1999)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay compares a participatory model of small group instruction developed at Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA) to the Basic Literacy small group tutoring program between 1990-1995 at the Bob Steele Reading Center, which is affiliated with LVA.
Added: 1999-01-01
30. Small Group Instruction (2004)
Authors: George Demetrion
This essay presents a discussion of small group instruction in adult literacy.
Added: 2004-04-13
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