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Literacy and Development: What Works for Whom? Or, How Relevant is the Social Practices View of Literacy for Literacy Education in Developing Countries?
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Papen, Uta – International Journal of Educational Development, 2005
This paper is concerned with the implications of a social view of literacy for the policy and practice of adult literacy. Taking the example of a recent literacy project in South Africa and comparing this with the author's own ethnographic research among learners from the National Literacy Programme in Namibia, the paper discusses the possible…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Adult Literacy, Literacy Education