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The Politics of Adult Literacy
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- Title: The Politics of Adult Literacy: National Interest or Personal Failure?
- Author(s): Valerie Ashford
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Learner
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
- Keywords: Politics of Literacy, Literacy Evaluation, Adult Literacy Learners as Subjects, Literacy and Economic Function
- Volume: 11
- Issue: 1
- Date: October 06, 2005
- ISSN: 1447-9494 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9540 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v11/58696
- Citation: Ashford, Valerie. 2005. "The Politics of Adult Literacy: National Interest or Personal Failure?." The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 11 (1): 0-0. doi:10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v11/58696.
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Abstract
In this paper, we aim to show how the social construction of “literacy/illiteracy” as a personal achievement— rather than a national project—is manufactured through the processes of student evaluation.
