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Critical Re-Visioning

The Construction of Practitioners in Aotearoa New Zealand’s Literacy Campaign

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Aotearoa New Zealand’s adult literacy and numeracy education reforms, begun in 2001, have echoed those in other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations. In New Zealand, they have resulted in two cornerstone developments: the Progressions and the Assessment Tool, both based on the international adult literacy surveys.

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  1. The University of Waikato, New Zealand

    Judy Hunter

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    Stephen Black

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Hunter, J. (2016). Critical Re-Visioning. In: Yasukawa, K., Black, S. (eds) Beyond Economic Interests. International Issues in Adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-444-2_14

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