{"product_id":"9781350378117-literacy-in-the-lives-of-working-class-adults-in-australia-dominant-versus-local-voices","title":"Literacy in the Lives of Working-Class Adults in Australia","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDominant versus Local Voices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdopting a ‘social practice’ approach to literacy research based on ethnographic methods, this book provides a strong critique of dominant understandings of the role of literacy in the lives of adults in Australia.\u003c\/b\u003e It explores how groups of working-class adults can manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives by drawing on social networks of support. It is based on research conducted by the author over a forty-year career in adult literacy education, featuring the voices of varied adult groups, including: prisoners, the long-term unemployed, local council workers, manufacturing workers, adult literacy students, marginalised young people, vocational students, and patients living with a chronic illness (type 2 diabetes).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter explains how dominant society views these adult groups in relation to literacy, and provides a qualitative examination at the local level of how members of these groups manage the literacy practices of their everyday lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53515025056118,"sku":"9781350378117","price":27.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_30345815.jpg?v=1727885178","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781350378117-literacy-in-the-lives-of-working-class-adults-in-australia-dominant-versus-local-voices","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}