Beyond economic interests : critical perspectives on adult literacy and numeracy in a globalised world / edited by Keiko Yasukawa and Stephen Black, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Yasukawa, Keiko, editor.; Black, Stephen R., editor.
2016
LC149.7 .B496 2016
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Title Beyond economic interests : critical perspectives on adult literacy and numeracy in a globalised world / edited by Keiko Yasukawa and Stephen Black, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
ISBN 9789463004442 (electronic book)
9463004440 (electronic book)
9789463004428
9463004424
9789463004435
9463004432
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-444-2
Published Rotterdam ; Boston : Sense Publishers, [2016]
Copyright ©2016
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xv, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps
Item Number 10.1007/978-94-6300-444-2 doi
Call Number LC149.7 .B496 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification 374
Summary Over the last two decades, an increasingly economistic discourse has dominated discussions about adult literacy and numeracy. This book provides critiques of, and alternative narratives to the dominant discourse. Authors provide tools and methodologies of critique, including ways of seeing how policies in the countries of focus come to be captured almost completely by the interests of business and industry, as well as how to critically interpret the data that policy makers use to justify their priorities. But adult literacy and numeracy practitioners and learners find spaces and places to pursue learning that matters for the lived experiences of adults and their communities. Beyond Economic Interests presents the struggles and achievements of practitioners and learners that lead the readers of the book to critically appreciate that a counter narrative to the purely economistic discourse of adult literacy and numeracy is much needed, and possible.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references.
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Added Author Yasukawa, Keiko, editor.
Black, Stephen R., editor.
Series International issues in adult education ; v. 18.
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