Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia : Dominant versus Local Voices PDF
by Black Stephen Black
Part of the Adult Learning, Literacy and Social Change series
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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 in Australia. 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 explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.
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- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:14/12/2023
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- ISBN:9781350378124
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- Format:PDF
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publication Date:14/12/2023
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- ISBN:9781350378124