Changing Faces of Adult Literacy, Language and Numeracy : A Critical History

'a useful and thought provoking book...It is an excellent case study of how adult learning has developed from fragmented, piecemeal and ad hoc programmes to become a legitimate area of educational activity and embedded on a national strategy'. --Studies in the Education of Adults

Overall, however, this timely and important book amply fulfils the project's promise to 'offer the field understandings of its origins, help illuminate present dilemmas and identify what still needs to be done to effectively support adult learners, practitioners and managers'. It is an essential read for researchers, practitioners and policy-makers, including especially anyone undertaking research, study or training and professional development in ALLN, and has much to recommend it for those with a more general interest in adults' access to education and training. --London Review of Education