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    Maintaining deep roots: The transformative possibilities of adult literacy education


    Grummell, Bernie (2023) Maintaining deep roots: The transformative possibilities of adult literacy education. European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 14 (1). pp. 145-161. ISSN 2000-7426

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    Abstract

    This article explores on the formative influence of adult popular education in the evolution and continued ethos of adult literacy education in the Republic of Ireland. Freire's work has been influential within Irish adult education and community development, informed by Freirean practices of learner-centredness, experiential learning and group learning. This stands in contrast to Further Education and Training system in which the adult literacy services are based, which has become increasingly professionalised in recent years, susceptible to the ideological values and practices of performativity. The article analyses the findings of research reports on adult literacy which used a mixed methods approach. They reveal how the adult literacy sector holds important spaces for educators to counteract systemic pressures of performativity as they work with learners and their communities through the ethos and pedagogies of adult education, but this is constrained in its radical transformative possibilities.

    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: adult literacy education; learner-centredness; performativity; transformative;
    Academic Unit: Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Adult and Community Education
    Faculty of Social Sciences > Education
    Item ID: 18282
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.3384/rela.2000-7426.4322
    Depositing User: Dr. Bernie Grummell
    Date Deposited: 19 Mar 2024 10:52
    Journal or Publication Title: European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults
    Publisher: Linköpings University Electronic Press
    Refereed: Yes
    URI:
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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