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Direct linkBlack, Stephen – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2018
This article contrasts educational discourses and their associated policy and practice in the field of adult literacy in two sociopolitical eras in Australia: firstly, the social-democratic era that describes the beginnings of adult literacy as a distinct educational field from the late 1970s, and in particular the 1980s; and secondly, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Neoliberalism, Adult Literacy, Politics of Education
McDonald, Helen – Open Letter, 1993
A case study is reported of a mature-aged Aboriginal woman who acquired the academic literacy necessary for participation in university education. It suggests the possibility that members of marginalized minority groups can acquire the literacy practices of the dominant society without becoming complicit in them. (Contains 19 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Case Studies
Lo Bianco, Joseph – Open Letter, 1993
Recent history of policy development for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) in Australia is in need of scrutiny. Two lines of analysis are useful for framing developments in language policy in Australia: the first examines the ways in which professional cultures operate to influence policy and the second looks at orientations in policy.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Problems, Conflict Resolution
Download full textNational Staff Development Committee for Vocational Education and Training, Chadstone (Australia). – 1995
This module is the fifth of five integrated professional development modules for adult literacy and basic education (ALBE) personnel. The 12-hour module is designed to build on and develop participants' understandings about language. The stated purposes of this module are as follows: to develop participants' understandings of language as social…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques
