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DRAW Report Theme 3 Overview: Instructional Approaches and Practices

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"When you’re teaching adults, you’re teaching individual whole people. You’re not just teaching, you know, those five subject areas."

--Practitioner response to DRAW questionnaire

Effective Instructional Practices Summary from Theme

1. Contextualization Relevant to Learners’ Lives
2. Choice
3. Strength-Based Approach Building on Learners’ Existing Skills
4. Targeted Instruction
5. Recycling Skill Instruction
6. Flexible Mindset
7. Self-Directed
8. Incidental or Informal, Unplanned Learning
9. Peer to Peer Collaboration and Mentoring
10. Coaching

Links which integrate digital technology with instruction (Page 20)

• ESOL - Digital Literacy Toolkit
• Civic Education - Civic Objectives and Additional Assessment Plans
• Health Literacy - Digital Health Literacy page
• High School Equivalency - High school equivalency
• Numeracy and Financial Literacy - Digital Financial Literacy Toolkit

Report: Digital Resilience in the American Workforce (DRAW): Findings from a National Landscape Scan on Adult Digital Literacy Instruction

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