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Brzeski, Angela – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2017
This article explores the relationship between the identities and engagement in literacy practices across the home and college domains through case studies of two contrasting students studying on a childcare course at a further education (FE) college in the United Kingdom. The data are drawn from classroom observations, analysis of artefacts and…
Descriptors: College Students, Case Studies, Child Care, Adult Education
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Duckworth, Vicky; Brzeski, Angela – Research in Post-Compulsory Education, 2015
In the UK, further education (FE) colleges play a key role in providing literacy programmes. This article draws upon our research in FE, with a focus on literacy, learning and identity, to explore how different learners are positioned differently depending on the value of the literacy practices they bring with them from home. Indeed, it is…
Descriptors: Literacy, Neoliberalism, Self Concept, Outcomes of Education