Seeking a Voice: Resistance to Schooling and Literacy.

Quigley, B. Allan

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ERIC Number: EJ468131

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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Seeking a Voice: Resistance to Schooling and Literacy.

Quigley, B. Allan

Adult Basic Education, v3 n2 p77-90 Sum 1993

Interviews with 20 adults who chose not to participate in literacy programs revealed that they valued education and learning but considered "school" unacceptable. Reasons were categorized as ideological/cultural, personal/emotive, or age-related resistance. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Age, Educational Attitudes, Emotional Response, Ideology, Negative Attitudes, Participation, Resistance (Psychology), School Attitudes

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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