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NCSALL: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy

Research From the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) (www.ncsall.net)

Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S. & Jacobson, E. (1998, July). U. S. Adult Literacy Program Practice: A Typology Across Dimensions of Life-Contextualized /Decontextualized and Dialogic/Monologic. Report #2. Cambridge, MA: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.

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Life-Contextualized Life-Contextualized Life-Decontextualized Life-Decontextualized
       
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Learner Centered (dialogic) Learner Centered (dialogic) Teacher Centered (monologic) Teacher Centered (monologic)

Purcell-Gates, V., Degener, S. Jacobson, E., & Soler, M. (2000, November). Affecting Change in Literacy Practices of Adult Learners: Impact of Two Dimensions of Instruction. Report #17. Cambridge, MA: National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy.

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Collaborative Collaborative Teacher-Directed Teacher-Directed

Note: Additional U. S. work on FCE from CORD: Center for Occupational Research and Development, AYPF: American Youth Policy Forum, and WSC: Workforce Strategy Center on FCE in community colleges is referenced in Chapter 1.