Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id IAA05761; Mon, 3 Jan 2000 08:56:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 08:56:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <NDBBLOBOOLAPGLFICILHKEHHCBAA.haw6@psu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Heidi Watson" <haw6@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3194] xpost- NLA Info: Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: OR This message is crossposted from the NLA list Cristine Smith [mailto:Casmith123@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:36 AM wrote: NCSALL is very happy to announce the publication the first volume of the Annual Review of Adult Learning and Literacy. The Annual Review is produced and edited by NCSALL, published by Jossey-Bass. It is a yearly book of commissioned articles on major issues, latest research and best practices in the field of adult basic education. The Review is intended for policymakers, scholars, and practitioners in adult literacy. In addition to the commissioned articles on key topics in the field, each Annual Review also includes an article reviewing recent events in the field, an annotated review on a particular topic, and an overview of the adult basic education system from another country. Volume 1 includes the following: --Foreward by Archie Willard --The Year 1998 in Review by Fran Tracy-Mumford --Lessons from "Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children" for Adult Learning and Literacy by Catherine Snow and John Strucker --Youth in Adult Literacy Education Programs by Elisabeth Hayes --Adult Literacy and Postsecondary Education Students: Overlapping Populations and Learning Trajectories by Stephen Reder --Health and Literacy: A Review of Medical and Public Health Literature by Rima Rudd, Barbara Moeykens and Tayla Colton --Perspectives on Assessment in Adult ESOL Instruction by Carol Van Duzer and Robert Berdan --A Primer on Adult Learning and Literacy in the United Kingdom by Mary Hamilton and Juliet Merrifield --Using Electronic Technology in Adult Literacy Education by David Rosen --Resources on the Use of Electronic Technology in Adult Literacy Education by Jeff Carter and Lou Wollrab For a full paragraph description of each article, visit NCSALL's web site at a t http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall and click on "Review of Adult Learning and Literacy" on our home page. Then look under the "contents" section on the "Annual Review" page for the article title in which you're interested and click on the title to see a fuller description of the article. The Annual Review, Volume One, is available directly from Jossey-Bass Publishers for $34.95 plus shipping. You can get more information about ordering the Annual Review by visiting www.josseybass.com or through the NCSALL web site (which has a link to Jossey-Bass) Or you can call Jossey-Bass directly to order at 1-800-956-7739 or FAX to 1-800-605-2665 Volume Two is in production and will be completed by fall 2000, including articles on writing, ABE assessment, the Canadian adult literacy system, ABE staff development systems, and organizational change, among others. We hope that the review will serve as a valuable resource for the field of adult literacy. Cristine Smith NCSALL Coordinator World Education csmith@worlded.org
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