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Papers by Irene Schwab

"This pack has been produced for adult literacies practitioners in Scotland who are working ... more "This pack has been produced for adult literacies practitioners in Scotland who are working with adult learners to develop their reading skills. It is intended that it will support both teaching and continuing professional development. In the pack there are lots of ideas for reading activities and resources which came from the practitioners involved in the programme." - page 4.

Narrative as Writing and Literacy Pedagogy for Preservice Elementary Teachers

This qualitative study investigated adult literacy teachers' beliefs and pedagogic practices ... more This qualitative study investigated adult literacy teachers' beliefs and pedagogic practices in relation to teaching reading, and considered how these were shaped by their Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and by the realities of the context in which they were working. The issues were explored through interviews with, and observations of, 12 adult literacy teachers in two Further Education (FE) colleges in inner London. The fieldwork took place between December 2013 and October 2014. Findings showed tensions between the teachers' strongly held views about learner-centred pedagogy and their employment context in which the focus on exam success demanded a content-centred approach. Furthermore, the superdiversity of the multicultural and multilingual learner cohort challenged traditional notions of adult literacy learners and their learning needs. The dominant discourse of their various ITE programmes was of a socially situated pedagogy which draws on learners' Funds of Knowl...

The London archaeologist, 1973

"This pack has been produced for adult literacies practitioners in Scotland who are working ... more "This pack has been produced for adult literacies practitioners in Scotland who are working with adult learners to develop their reading skills. It is intended that it will support both teaching and continuing professional development. In the pack there are lots of ideas for reading activities and resources which came from the practitioners involved in the programme." - page 4.

Narrative as Writing and Literacy Pedagogy for Preservice Elementary Teachers

This qualitative study investigated adult literacy teachers' beliefs and pedagogic practices ... more This qualitative study investigated adult literacy teachers' beliefs and pedagogic practices in relation to teaching reading, and considered how these were shaped by their Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and by the realities of the context in which they were working. The issues were explored through interviews with, and observations of, 12 adult literacy teachers in two Further Education (FE) colleges in inner London. The fieldwork took place between December 2013 and October 2014. Findings showed tensions between the teachers' strongly held views about learner-centred pedagogy and their employment context in which the focus on exam success demanded a content-centred approach. Furthermore, the superdiversity of the multicultural and multilingual learner cohort challenged traditional notions of adult literacy learners and their learning needs. The dominant discourse of their various ITE programmes was of a socially situated pedagogy which draws on learners' Funds of Knowl...

The London archaeologist, 1973