‘Reflect’, the magazine of the National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) provided a forum for dialogue between research, policy and practice.
Special Report: Learner Persistence
What keeps learners on track? 4
Jenny Litster
The financial capability of LLN learners 8
Anat Arkin
What teachers think 10
Jon Swain and Olga Cara
The adult brain’s capacity for learning 14
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
ESOL or literacy? 17
James Simpson
Leitch Review unpicked 18
Graham Peeke
A community that learns together, stays … 20
Carol Taylor
How good is the Skills for Life Strategy? 22
Barry Brooks
Upskilling the teaching force 24
Alison Wedgbury
Stories that sum up something real 28
Samantha Duncan
Reviews 30
Prime Sites: Oonagh Gormley on the new virtual forum for maths teachers Books: Teresa Smart on Collaborative learning in
mathematics by Malcolm Swan, and Alix Green on Adult literacy, numeracy and language, by Lynn Tett, Mary Hamilton and Yvonne Hillier
Letters 34
Glossary 35
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