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ERIC Number: EJ667368
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1359-6748
Three Dimensional Change? The Relationship between Theory, Policy and Adults' Understanding of Literacies.
Maclachlan, Kathy; Cloonan, Martin
Research in Post-Compulsory Education, v8 n1 p123-36 2003
Functional/technical definitions of literacy have shifted to the concept of literacies. Focus groups in Scotland (n=113) explored the meaning of literacies, incentives and barriers to participation, and formation of learner identities. Participants indirectly adopted a deficit perspective. They did not share the pluralist conception of theory and policy but conceived of literacy narrowly. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Public Policy, Self Concept
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Identity Formation; Multiple Literacies; Scotland