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Learning with Adults

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Definitions of what it means to be literate are always shifting. The common way to think about literacy is by seeing it as a ladder that people climb up. This begins at school where children are ranked according to their examinable achievements and adult literacy is the extension of the process in post-school contexts.

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  1. School of Education and Professional Development, University of Huddersfield, England

    Lyn Tett (Professor of Community Education)

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  1. University of Malta, Malta

    Peter Mayo

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Tett, L. (2013). Adult Literacies. In: Mayo, P. (eds) Learning with Adults. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-335-5_21

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