Adult Literacy Education

L. Tett; R. St.Clair

doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00019-1

Adult Literacy Education

L. Tett, R. St.Clair

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This article reviews some of the key issues and tensions in the field of adult literacy education. The main contemporary theoretical and educational perspectives on adult literacy are presented and discussed. Issues addressed include diversity within teaching and learning, perspectives on the political import of adult literacy, and political and structural elements of the field. The discussion concludes that there is a need to recognize multiple outcomes of adult literacy education as valid, that ideological positions matter a great deal, and that debates between the skills and the social-practice-based models of literacy could be closer to resolution than often recognized.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopedia of Education
Editors	Penelope Peterson, Eva Baker, Barry McGaw
Publisher	Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Pages	107-112
Number of pages	6
Edition	3rd
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080448947
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-044894-7.00019-1
Publication status	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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