Life at the Margins: Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life

Merrifield, Juliet: Mary Beth Bingham and Kathleen P Bennett deMarrais

ISBN 10: 0807736643 / ISBN 13: 9780807736647

Published by Teachers College Press, 1997

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Fine as new paperback. 228 pp Paperback. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Life at the Margins: Literacy, Language, and Technology in Everyday Life
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807736643
• ISBN 13: 9780807736647
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language and Linguistics

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Synopsis

This volume develops an understanding of literacy and illiteracy through the engaging life stories of 12 adults from diverse backgrounds living in the United States. In the process of coming to know these adults, we learn that adults with limited literacy skills work hard and long, make limited use of public resources, can use technology when shown, and have pride and self-respect.

About the Author

Juliet Merrifield has twenty-five years experience in adult education as both a researcher and practitioner. She is Principal of the Friends Centre, an independent adult education center in Brighton, and was formerly Director of the Learning from Experience Trust in London. She worked in the US for twenty years, first at the Highlander Center promoting education for social change, and later as Director of the Center for Literacy Studies. She is particularly interested in evaluation, assessment and planning.