Consumer Advocacy, Empowerment, and Adult Literacy

Consumer Advocacy, Empowerment, and Adult Literacy

Uses junk mail, newspaper advertisements, and other promotional material to overcome one teacher's lack of instructional material and to teach multilingual and multicultural teenagers and adults the basics of consumer advocacy and American civics. Notes that the students gained power through li...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of reading 1991-12, Vol.34 (4), p.258
1. Verfasser: Rosow, La Vergne
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult Basic Education
Adult Literacy
Consumer Education
Critical Thinking
Limited English Speaking
Literacy Education
Second Language Learning
Student Empowerment
Teaching Methods
Writing Assignments
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Zusammenfassung:Uses junk mail, newspaper advertisements, and other promotional material to overcome one teacher's lack of instructional material and to teach multilingual and multicultural teenagers and adults the basics of consumer advocacy and American civics. Notes that the students gained power through literacy that would not have been possible with traditional, teacher-centered writing assignments. (RS)
ISSN:0022-4103