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Adult literacy as cultural practice
Author(s) -
Sparks Barbara
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.79
Subject(s) - literacy , sociocultural evolution , adult literacy , sociology , adult education , social environment , context (archaeology) , pedagogy , social practice , critical literacy , adult learning , psychology , social science , anthropology , art , paleontology , performance art , art history , biology
This chapter proposes a rationale for shifting the predominant adult literacy education model of decontextualized and monologic programs to a sociocultural approach. Such an approach takes into account the functions of literacy as a cultural practice within social relations in a particular social context.