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Beyond Economic Interests

Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Keiko Yasukawa

    1. University of Technology Sydney, Australia

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  2. Stephen Black

    1. University of Technology Sydney, Australia

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  • 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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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Globalisation, The OECD and The Role of Powerful International Surveys

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Imagining Literacy

      • Mary Hamilton
      Pages 3-17

    3. Policy Making at a Distance

      • Keiko Yasukawa, Stephen Black
      Pages 19-39

    4. What to Look for in Piaac Results

      • Jeff Evans
      Pages 41-58

  3. Resistance and Agency in Local Literacies and Numeracies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. From the Local to the Global

      • Inge Kral
      Pages 61-76

    3. “Basically, I Need Help”

      • Sue Ollerhead
      Pages 77-94

    4. Apprentice Mentoring

      • Chris Holland
      Pages 95-104

    5. “I Can See the Rabbit!”

      • Pat Strauss
      Pages 105-118

    6. Beyond Compliance

      • Diana Coben, Niki Mccartney
      Pages 119-134

    7. Museum Literacies

      • Keiko Yasukawa, Jacquie Widin
      Pages 135-147

    8. Popular Education and Mass Literacy Campaigns

      • Bob Boughton
      Pages 149-164

  4. Contesting Dominant Discourses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 165-165
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    2. The Significance of Research and Practice in Adult Literacy in the UK1

      • Vicky Duckworth, Mary Hamilton
      Pages 167-184

    3. The Four Literacies

      • Robin Mccormack
      Pages 185-203

    4. The Radical Statistics Group

      • Jeff Evans, Ludi Simpson
      Pages 205-221

    5. Critical Re-Visioning

      • Judy Hunter
      Pages 223-237
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Technology Sydney, Australia

    Keiko Yasukawa, Stephen Black

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

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