Adult Literacy in a New Era

Adult Literacy in a New Era chronicles the history and development of The Open Book, an adult literacy organisation inspired by the legendary educationalist Paulo Freire, and other political educators. Using participants' own words and experiences, Ramdeholl analyses and investigates adult literacy policy and aspects of the program's history from its beginning in 1984 to its end in 2001. Offering new insights into methodologies of reading, writing, and learning, this book will inspire not only adult literacy students and teachers, but anyone concerned with changing public policy from the bottom up. Chapter One We Are Grains of Sand but Together We Can Make a Beach; Chapter Two Education Not by the Book!; Chapter Three An Invitation Inside Our Classrooms; Chapter Four Hands Wash Hands but They Both Wash the Face; Chapter Five Let Students Drive the Vehicle!; Chapter Six What About Students’ Rights to Dignity, Autonomy, and Respect?; Chapter Seven Letting the Powers That Be to Be; Chapter Eight Community Makes a Place Stronger!; Chapter Nine The Writing on the Wall; Chapter Ten Where’s East? Where’s West?; Chapter Eleven It May Be Finished but It Still Lives On!;