Talking about Literacy
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Explores the theory behind adult literacy education - discussing the arguments in favour of literacy, and analysing principles by which literacy may be creatively learned, looking in detail at context, equality and community.
AcknowledgementsIntroductionTo the readerOn writing booksThe shape of this bookPt. IIssues1Problems of Representation3Liberating literacy4The illiterate as someone else7Authors and interviewees10Describe or quantify?14Authentic voices162The Truth for Now23Truths for teachers, truths for students24Truth or fiction?28Truth and talk31Truth and style34Pt. IIPrinciples3Listening to the Questions43Questions: asked and unasked45Literacy: how do we talk about it?47Needs and interests50Context and outreach53Class and literacy: some themes584The Teacher-Researcher64Researching the interest64Context and menus69Researching the answers73Words and contradictions765Authors and Identity83From private to public84Rights and responsibilities94Inspirations966Readers Equal Writers102Reading aloud104Applause and audience107Trusting the reader109Friend or censor?1137Vocations and Vocationalism119The workplace as community120Maps and communities125Status and literacy127Communication and community1308Conclusion140Afterword144Notes147Bibliography158Index164
