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Grotlüschen, Anke; Nienkemper, Barbara; Duncker-Euringer, Caroline – International Review of Education, 2020
Among the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) launched in 2015, the fourth goal (SDG 4) is dedicated to education, and one of the ten targets within that goal specifically addresses adult literacy and numeracy skills. Efforts to reach this target involve monitoring, which in turn involves assessment. The most powerful…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills
Reder, Stephen; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens – International Review of Education, 2020
"Practice engagement theory" (PET) posits that individuals' literacy proficiencies develop as a by-product of their engagement in everyday reading and writing practices and, reciprocally, that literacy proficiencies affect levels of engagement in reading and writing practices. This suggests that literacy training which increases…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Learner Engagement, Adult Students
Tout, Dave – International Review of Education, 2020
Historically, numeracy has tended to be forgotten and overlooked in adult education, especially compared to literacy. Yet evidence exists to show that numeracy should be made a priority, and that building the foundational numeracy skills of young people and adults is vital for their well-being in work and life in the 21st century. In the past…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Numeracy, Adult Education, Mathematics Skills
Lissitsa, Sabina; Chachashvili-Bolotin, Svetlana – International Review of Education, 2020
Job autonomy -- employees' freedom to schedule and organise their work independently according to their own experience and preferences -- is a major factor in job satisfaction. However, it is not granted to many employees in Israel, and the authors of this article were interested in the reasons for this. Based on data from the Programme for the…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Professional Autonomy, Ethnic Groups, Social Bias
Desjardins, Richard – International Review of Education, 2020
This article analyses comparative data from the 1994-1998 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and the 2012 Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). At the micro level, the author considers factors involved in the development of an individual person's literacy from a lifecycle perspective. At the macro level,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Surveys, Adults, Foreign Countries
Heilmann, Lisanne – International Review of Education, 2020
International large-scale assessments like the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) assess literacy and numeracy proficiency as abstract competences, assuming they are cognitive skills and therefore objectively and universally measurable. However, research into how people's lives are affected by notions of…
Descriptors: Adults, International Assessment, Literacy, Numeracy
Perry, Kristen H.; Shaw, Donita M.; Saberimoghaddam, Sara – International Review of Education, 2020
The Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) assesses key skills in literacy, numeracy and problem-solving in technology-rich environments, as well as their relationship to other social outcomes for adults. PIAAC's developers claimed to better account for adults' literacy practices than earlier international studies…
Descriptors: Adults, Literacy, Numeracy, Problem Solving
Rubenson, Kjell – International Review of Education, 2019
A quick review of national policy documents reveals how lifelong learning has evolved as the key principle for a comprehensive education and learning strategy from cradle to grave. This raises major challenges for how to assess and report the state of lifelong learning in UNESCO Member States. It is in this context that this article critically…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults