"Adopting a ‘social practice’ approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their ev...

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1. Verfasser:	Black, Stephen (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London ; New York Bloomsbury Academic 2023
Schriftenreihe:	Adult learning, literacy and social change Bloomsbury collections
Schlagworte:	Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit Arbeiter Erwachsener Australien Adult education, continuous learning Literacy
Online-Zugang:	BSB01 Volltext
Zusammenfassung:	"Adopting a ‘social practice’ approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes). Each chapter follows a format of firstly explaining how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, followed by a qualitative examination of the perspectives of members of these groups on how they manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives."
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ISBN:	9781350378148 9781350378124 9781350378131
DOI:	10.5040/9781350378148