Student Goals and Public Outcomes: The Contribution of Adult Literacy Education to the Public Good.

Demetrion, George

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ERIC Number: EJ555048

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Publication Date: 1997

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Student Goals and Public Outcomes: The Contribution of Adult Literacy Education to the Public Good.

Demetrion, George

Adult Basic Education, v7 n3 p145-64 Fall 1997

Contrasts the views of Chisman and Freire about the goals of adult literacy education. Demonstrates the valuable personal outcomes and contributions to the common good of literacy education. Suggests that literacy may be an intervening variable rather than a determining cause of public and personal enhancement. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Philosophy, Individual Development, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Student Educational Objectives

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Language: English

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