| Author | : Stephen Black |
| File Size | : 40,8 Mb |
| Publisher | : Unknown |
| Language | : English |
| Release Date | : 02 June 2024 |
| ISBN | : 1350378143 |
| Pages | : 0 pages |
Literacy in the Lives of Working Class Adults in Australia by Stephen Black Book PDF Summary
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.