Discussion of Klassen and Burnaby and McKay and Weinstein-Shr: Beyond Assimilationist Literacy Policies and Practices.

Wiley, Terrence G.

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ERIC Number: EJ474561

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Discussion of Klassen and Burnaby and McKay and Weinstein-Shr: Beyond Assimilationist Literacy Policies and Practices.

Wiley, Terrence G.

TESOL Quarterly, v27 n3 p421-30 Fall 1993

Two articles are referenced that note the importance of understanding the contradictions underlying literacy program policies and practices. They underscore the importance of ethnographic research as a means of informing policy. Implications are discussed. (Contains 21 references.) (Author/LB)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, English (Second Language), Ethnography, Literacy Education, Policy Formation, Research Utilization

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special topic issue: Adult Literacies.