Changing policy discourses: Constructing literacy inequalities

被引:14
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作者
Hamilton, Mary [1 ]
Pitt, Kathy [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Lancaster, Dept Educ Res, Cty S College, Literacy Res Ctr, Lancaster LA1 4YD, England
关键词
Policy discourse; Governance; Adult literacy; Social exclusion; Citizenship; Inequality; IDENTITIES; SYSTEM;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijedudev.2011.02.011
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
This paper explores the ways in which policy discourses have constructed rationales for addressing adult literacy over the last 50 years. In particular, we examine how policy positions the literacy learner as citizen within discourses of rights and equity. Taking the case of the UK, we compare two key documents produced at different historical moments. Our discourse analysis reveals a long standing discourse of individual deficit within a functional model of literacy. This is now overlaid by a discourse of social exclusion that views adult learners as entrepreneurial global citizens who must compete within a market economy. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:596 / 605
页数:10
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