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| I. "Historical Amnesia," otherwise known as Political Interest | FAD -- can a politically correct view become a socio/educational commitment? | 1960's=100,000 program
1970's=Right To Read 1980's=PLUS 1990's=America 2000 |
Bush
Bracey Clinton Duffy Kazemek King & Brozo Miklos Smith |
| II. The "Quick Fix" | FAD--anyone can fix it | Each one teach one.
All you need is a degree in caring... Will we ever realize that adults probably represent more complex challenges, not fewer? |
Anderson
Kazemek Roscow Smith Specter IRA resolution |
| III. Professional Organizations Join the Bandwagon | FAD fast becoming a substantive change | CRA Adult Learning Div
IRA Adult Lit committee & ALSig monographs - CRA, IRA |
Clay
Frager Newman & Beverstock |
| IV. Linking with Volunteer
Organizations |
FAD fast becoming a substantive change | LLI, LVA
Professional-volunteer networks |
Boraks & McLendon
Frager Imel Richardson (88) |
| V. Redefining the Adult Developing Reader | FAD fast becoming a substantive change | From the deficient "have nots" to the different "haves;" looking at literacy in a social context; empowerment & ownership | Avilla
Fingeret (83) Gabb King & Brozo Malicky & Norman Richardson (89) Richardson & Thistlethwaite Rose |
| VI. Integrating Knowledge | Substantive change | Linguistics, CAR, whole language, psychology, technology, research... | Askov & Clark
Boraks & Richardson Gabb Keefe & Meyer Malicky & Norman Richardson & Thistlethwaite Siedow (1991) |
| VII. Learner-based assessment | Substantive change | Less formality or standardization;
learner involvement |
Finlay and Harrison
Heathington et. al. Jackson Jones&Parker Lytle & Wolfe Metz Thistlethwaite This is Not a Test |
| VIII. Qualitative Evaluation | Substantive change | Moving from competencies & standardized tests as stand-alone measures;
toward qualitative, inquiry approaches |
Fingeret (83; 91)
Gabb Lytle & Wolfe Padak & Padak Richardson (1981) |
| IX. Specialization | Substantive change | Adult literacy comprises: workplace; ABE, tutor training, corrections, intergenerational & family literacy, ESL... | Collins
Cruz Hansell & Voelkel Mikulecky Phillipi Siedow Stitch |
for more information, read:
| Richardson, J. S. (1993). | Fads or substantive change in the filed of adult literacy? in N. Padak & T. Rasinski (Eds.)., Inquiries in Literacy learning and |
| Instruction. Yearbook of the , 27-37. |