Teaching Adults to Read Using Technology with PowerPoint Presentations
Adults who are learning to read should enter into the instructional setting with a desire to learn. They have the capacity to learn and to problem solve in real world settings of more or less complexity. Most of the adults encountered in adult basic education programs will have much practical knowledge of the world (Starr, 1998). They will have many beliefs and attitudes about teaching, learning, opportunities in life, success, failure, who gets ahead and who does not, and a general philosophy of what life is all about and how it is to be lived. Most will have some idea that they are in reading instruction to change some aspect of their life - to be a better parent by being able to read to their children and to serve as better role models, improve their chances in life and their self esteem by \"finishing their education\" and getting a high school equivalency certificate, improving their employability or......
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