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Challenging a Statistic: Why should we accept that 60 percent of adult Australians have low health literacy? 挑战一项统计数据:为什么我们要接受60%的澳大利亚成年人健康素养较低的事实?

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2016-03-18 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V24I1.4901

S. Black

引用次数: 0

Vocational Literacy in Mozambique: Historical Development, Current Challenges and Contradictions 莫桑比克职业素养:历史发展、当前挑战与矛盾

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2016-03-18 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V24I1.4899

O. Popov, Alzira Manuel

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引用次数: 4

Predictors of English Health Literacy among U.S. Hispanic Immigrants: The importance of language, bilingualism and sociolinguistic environment. 美国西班牙裔移民英语健康素养的预测因素:语言、双语和社会语言环境的重要性。

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2016-01-01 DOI: 10.5130/lns.v24i1.4900

Holly E Jacobson, Lauren Hund, Francisco Soto Mas

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引用次数: 45

What research has been/ is being undertaken in adult literacy and numeracy and by whom and why: internationally and locally? 在成人识字和算术方面已经/正在进行哪些研究?由谁进行?为什么进行?国际和地方?

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V22I1.4179

L. Farrell

引用次数: 3

Reframing Literacy in Adult ESL Programs: Making the case for the inclusion of identity 在成人ESL课程中重新建构读写能力:提出身分认同的案例

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2014-10-01 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V22I1.4176

Michael Atkinson

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引用次数: 21

Examining Museum Visits as Literacy Events: The role of mediators 考察博物馆参观作为扫盲活动:调解人的角色

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2013-06-24 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V21I1.3331

Keiko Yasukawa, Jacquie Widin, V. Smith, Karen Rivera, M. V. Tiel, Peter Aubusson, H. Whitty

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引用次数: 6

At Play in the Space: The concept of 'the social practice approach' in the Scottish adult literacies field 在空间中玩耍:苏格兰成人文学领域的“社会实践方法”概念

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2013-06-24 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V21I1.3330

Aileen Ackland

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引用次数: 7

An Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign Pilot Study in Australia using Yes I Can 澳大利亚土著成人扫盲运动试点研究使用Yes I Can

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2013-06-24 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V21I1.3328

B. Boughton, D. Chee, Jack Beetson, D. Durnan, Jose Chala LeBlanch

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引用次数: 19

Principles and Practices in Four New Zealand Family Focused Adult Literacy Programs: Towards wellbeing in diverse communities 新西兰四个以家庭为中心的成人扫盲项目的原则和实践:在不同社区实现幸福

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2013-06-24 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V21I1.3329

J. Furness

引用次数: 2

Vale Alison Lee 艾利森·李

Literacy and Numeracy Studies Pub Date : 2012-12-20 DOI: 10.5130/LNS.V20I2.3085

Rosie Wickert

引用次数: 0