Sökning: "adult literacy"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 28 avhandlingar innehållade orden adult literacy.

  1. 6. Changing conceptions of literacies, language and development : Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

    Författare :Caroline Kerfoot; Christopher Stroud; Elsa Auerbach; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; adult literacy; adult basic education; agency; citizenship; critical applied linguistics; development; linguistic citizenship; multilingualism; reflexivity; resemiotisation; voice.; Languages and linguistics; Språkvetenskap; tvåspråkighetsforskning; Bilingualism;

    Sammanfattning : This study aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the circumstances under which adult education, in particular adult basic education, can support and occasionally initiate participatory development, social action and the realisation of citizenship rights. It traces developments in adult basic education in South Africa, and more specifically literacy and language learning, over the years 1981 to 2001, with reference to specific multilingual contexts in the Northern and Western Cape. LÄS MER

  3. 7. The Role of Adult Literacy in Transforming the Lives of Women in Rural India: Overcoming Gender Inequalities : Comparative case studies in Bhilwara District Rajasthan & Howrah District West Bengal India

    Författare :Khaleda Gani Dutt; Vinayagum Chinapah; Ulf Fredriksson; Kalimili Sujatha; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adult literacy; empowerment; transformation; rural women; caste; marginalized; internationell och jämförande pedagogik; International and Comparative Education;

    Sammanfattning : The Indian diaspora is woven around castes, languages, dialects, religions- a young nation boasting of an ancient civilization in which inequalities are deeply ingrained in its culture and traditions. Although vital government interventions have succeeded in increasing the literacy rate of women in both urban and rural areas general household characteristics such as income, caste, occupation and education attainments of parents still continue to determine access, attendance, completion and learning outcomes of girls and women from severely disadvantaged communities. LÄS MER

  4. 8. Literacy proficiency, earnings, and recurrent training : a ten country comparative study

    Författare :Emmanuel Boudard; Max van der Kamp; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult education; Continuing education; Vuxenutbildning; Livslångt lärande;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of the study is to theorise on participation in recurrent training and to estimate a statistical model. The main focus is the links between latent variables, such as observed skills based on literacy proficiency, firm size, literacy practices at work and at home, and other latent correlates, such as educational attainment, labour force status, experience, occupational status and earnings. LÄS MER

  5. 9. Att bli en på svenska läsande människa? : Flerspråkiga högutbildade vuxnas skönlitterära läspraktiker

    Författare :Henriikka Wilinger; Magnus Persson; Pia Nygård Larsson; Catarina Economou; Anita Varga; Malmö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; second language learning; adult multilingualism; readers biographies; literature education; reading practices; fiction reading; adult language courses; advanced second language use; multilingual identity; literary identity; literary competence; cultural capital; integration; critical literacy;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores how and why adult migrants with academic backgrounds read literature. Two connected studies investigate second language learners' fiction reading practices in an advanced Swedish course at two universities, as well as in free time, several years after such a course. LÄS MER

  7. 10. Being and Becoming a Teacher in Initial Literacy and Second Language Education for Adults

    Författare :Helena Colliander; Per Andersson; Song Ee Ahn; Annelie Frelin; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teacher identity; initial literacy education; second language teaching; adult education; situated learning; cultural capital; läraridentitet; grundläggande litteracitetsutbildning; andraspråksundervisning; vuxenutbildning; situerat lärande; kulturellt kapital;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to explore what being and becoming a teacher of Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA) mean. The study, which applies situated learning theory combined with some Bourdieuan concepts as thinking tools, seeks to depict how the professional identity of LESLLA teachers can be understood from their memberships in different communities of practice. LÄS MER