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Peer reviewedMace, Jane – Convergence, 1994
Literacy is often based on a type of need (a good to which all should have access, escape from isolation, tool of productivity). The delivery of "packaged" skills based on these approaches ignores the capacity of adult learners to articulate their own needs. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Educational Needs
