Life at the Margins: Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life (Language and Literacy Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807736643 ISBN 13: 9780807736647

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 1997

Synopsis

This volume develops an understanding of literacy and illiteracy through the engaging life stories of 12 adults from diverse backgrounds living in the United States. In the process of coming to know these adults, we learn that adults with limited literacy skills work hard and long, make limited use of public resources, can use technology when shown, and have pride and self-respect. In addition to all of the scientific information and policy implications yielded by this research study, this is foremost a compelling story of human struggle and survival. Readers will find themselves caring about these adults - feeling angry about their underemployment and their pain, and excited about their triumphs.

About this title

About the Author

Juliet Merrifield has twenty-five years experience in adult education as both a researcher and practitioner. She is Principal of the Friends Centre, an independent adult education center in Brighton, and was formerly Director of the Learning from Experience Trust in London. She worked in the US for twenty years, first at the Highlander Center promoting education for social change, and later as Director of the Center for Literacy Studies. She is particularly interested in evaluation, assessment and planning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807736643
• ISBN 13: 9780807736647
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Merrifield Juliet