Ciphers and Currencies: Literacy Dilemmas and Shifting Knowledges.

Kell, Catherine

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ERIC Number: EJ635223

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Publication Date: 2001

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Ciphers and Currencies: Literacy Dilemmas and Shifting Knowledges.

Kell, Catherine

Language and Education, v15 n2-3 p197-211 2001

Provides an overview of issues in the literacy policy field from a social practices perspective. Outlines a central dilemma in both theory and practice in adult literacy work: that practice theory has not impacted on literacy policy in large parts of the world. Suggests there is an ever-widening gap between literacies of everyday life and the literacy provided in the adult education sector in South Africa. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Standards, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Second Language Learning, Social Behavior, Theory Practice Relationship, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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