Abstract

This volume reflects the many faces of the adult literacy and numeracy (ALN) field since the introduction, more than two decades ago, of OECD surveys that define and measure ALN as a contribution to economic productivity, efficiency and growth. The book highlights the transition to statistical tools as the only legitimate form of knowledge about literacy and explores a range of alternative visions and creative practices that focus on ‘the meaning of literacy and numeracy in people's lives’ (Yasukawa and Black 2016: 21).

Highlights

  • This volume reflects the many faces of the adult literacy and numeracy (ALN) field since the introduction, more than two decades ago, of OECD surveys that define and measure ALN as a contribution to economic productivity, efficiency and growth

  • The core of the book is a glimpse into the state of ALN practice in diverse contexts in Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand reflecting the fact that the collection grew out of the 2013 national conference of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy

  • Many of the authors are ALN practitioners who describe instances of steadfastly clinging to visions of their work as serving a broader social good than the narrow economic interests to which it has been increasingly tied. They join a chorus of similar voices from other parts of the industrialised world, including our own (Atkinson 2013, Jackson 2005), describing ALN work that persists despite policy efforts to reshape it

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Introduction

This volume reflects the many faces of the adult literacy and numeracy (ALN) field since the introduction, more than two decades ago, of OECD surveys that define and measure ALN as a contribution to economic productivity, efficiency and growth. Many of the authors are ALN practitioners who describe instances of steadfastly clinging to visions of their work as serving a broader social good than the narrow economic interests to which it has been increasingly tied.

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