Overview
- This volume provides a much needed critical perspective on the current narratives that reduce adult literacy education to a solution for industries
- This work is a timely resource for critical educators as the second round of OECD’s Survey of Adult Skills is underway
- The volume is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and student teachers searching for alternative paradigms for research and practice in adult literacy and numeracy
Part of the book series: International Issues in Adult Education (ADUL)
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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.
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Globalisation, The OECD and The Role of Powerful International Surveys
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Resistance and Agency in Local Literacies and Numeracies
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Contesting Dominant Discourses
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beyond Economic Interests
Book Subtitle: Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World
Editors: Keiko Yasukawa, Stephen Black
Series Title: International Issues in Adult Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-444-2
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-444-2Published: 10 February 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 238
Topics: Education, general