The Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System

Hal Beder; Patsy Medina; Marian Eberly

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The Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System

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- Hal Beder
- Rutgers University, USA
- Patsy Medina
- Rutgers University, USA
- Marian Eberly
- Rutgers University, USA

Abstract

This presentation reports the results of a study of adult literacy education classroom behavior in which twenty adult literacy classes were observed twice in seven states. It was found that in adult literacy classes the predominant mode of instruction closely parallels the initiation, response, evaluation (IRE) mode that Mehan (1979) identified in his study of an elementary education classroom.

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How to Cite: Beder, H. , Medina, P. & Eberly, M. (2000) “The Adult Literacy Classroom as a Social System”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2000).