Adult Dyslexia and the "Conundrum of Failure"

Autor/in	Tanner, Kathleen
Titel	Adult Dyslexia and the "Conundrum of Failure"
Quelle	In: Disability & Society, 24 (2009) 6, S.785-797 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7599
Schlagwörter	Dyslexia; Adults; Academic Failure; Attitude Change; Social Change; Special Needs Students; Postsecondary Education; Adult Education; Discussion (Teaching Technique); Foreign Countries; Educational Quality; Student Needs; Teacher Competencies; Student Experience; Educational Policy; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Sozialer Wandel; Sonderpädagogischer Förderbedarf; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Ausland; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Lehrkunst; Studienerfahrung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Australien
Abstract	While there is a wealth of literature about childhood dyslexia, adult dyslexia remains relatively undocumented, particularly from a lived perspective. This paper focuses on the "deficit perspective of failure", as highlighted in current literature, which addresses issues confronting adults with dyslexia. Within this theme of failure a number of subtypes have been identified. This paper contextualises these subtypes around the perceptions of individuals involved in a tertiary course for adults with dyslexia. The paper demonstrates what the author has identified as a "conundrum of failure" that has influenced the perceptions of many adults with dyslexia, including their life choices. Its prevalence in the literature and the lived experiences of the research subjects highlight the need for societal, institutional and attitudinal change. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10