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ERIC Number: EJ667438
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-0955-2308
Reading and Writing the World.
Tett, Lyn
Adults Learning (England), v14 n9 p9-10 May 2003
Learning to be literate involves understanding unequal power relations that privilege some literacy practices over others. A deficit model associates literacy with skills and motivation, emphasizes standardized literacy accomplishments, and prescribes outcomes. These practices discount the validity of individuals' definitions of and uses for literacy. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Discourse Analysis, Literacy, Social Structure
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Power Relations