Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia

Name: Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
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By Stephen Black

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Adopting a 'social practice' approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia. It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes).
Each chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 240
Release Date:: 2025-06-26
Publication Date:: 2025-06-26
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Academic
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 1350378119
ISBN13:: 9781350378117
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 371 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 13 cm

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