Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia
Autor: | Black, Stephen |
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EAN: | 9781350378117 |
Sachgruppe: | Soziologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 240 |
Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Herausgeber: | Robinson-Pant, Anna Rogers, Alan |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 26.06.2025 |
Untertitel: | Dominant Versus Local Voices |
Schlagworte: | Education / Teaching |
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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.