"Too many policies, publishers, and programs assume low-literate adults require remedial schooling?meaning teaching adults as children, but more politely. Here, at last, is a comprehensive adult-focused approach to teaching structured around learner needs. No literacy, ABE, or GED teacher looking for a better approach to helping their students learn should be without this book." (B. Allen Quigley, Associate Professor and Regional director of Adult Education, Penn State University)

"As adult educators, we know that our learners enter instructional settings for a variety of reasons and have a vast array of life experiences. This guide provides practical information to facilitate learning by emphasizing connections between different disciplines while addressing life issues. Theme-based instruction incorporates much of what we know about sound adult education principles." (Connie Eichhorn, coordinator, Career Center and Adult Education Programs, Omaha Public Schools)

?As an adult literacy facilitator and parent educator this guide is a tremAndous tool for maintaining instructional motivation while utilizing contextually appropriate themes in diverse settings for authentic assessment, instructional excellence and emergent curriculum.? (Virginia Tardaewether, family literacy specialist, Salem Oregon)