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“Everybody had a piece …”: Collaborative practice and shared decision making at the Open Book

✍ Scribed by John Gordon; Dianne Ramdeholl


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2010
Weight
51 KB
Volume
2010
Category
Article
ISSN
1052-2891

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✦ Synopsis


Abstract

In an attempt to preserve the field's collective historical memory, the authors in this chapter explore participatory practices at the Open Book, an adult literacy program in Brooklyn, from 1985–2002. Students' roles in shaping those practices are examined and reflections on the possibilities for building democratic communities in literacy programs, particularly in the current context, are included.