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ERIC Number: EJ621884
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0020-8566
The Vocational Turn in Adult Literacy Education and the Impact of the International Adult Survey.
Druine, Nathalie; Wildemeersch, Danny
International Review of Education, v46 n5 p391-405 Sep 2000
Examines underlying epistemological and theoretical assumptions of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). Concludes that IALS is primarily geared toward enhancing labor-market competencies but should instead make learners co-responsible actors of their own learning process and participants in a democratic debate defining the kind of society people want to build. (Contains 23 references.) (PGS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Citizenship Responsibility, Cross Cultural Studies, Democratic Values, Educational Assessment, Educational Philosophy, National Norms, National Surveys, Test Interpretation, Test Validity
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: International Adult Literacy Survey
Note: Special Issue: Literacy in the Age of Information--Knowledge, Power or Domination? An Assessment of the International Adult Literacy Survey.