A Space to Learn: A Community-Based Approach to Meaningful Adult Learning and Literacy in Remote Indigenous Australia

Autor/inn/en	Kral, Inge; Schwab, R. G.
Titel	A Space to Learn: A Community-Based Approach to Meaningful Adult Learning and Literacy in Remote Indigenous Australia
Quelle	In: Prospects: Quarterly Review of Comparative Education, 46 (2016) 3-4, S.465-477 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-1538
DOI	10.1007/s11125-017-9404-y
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Indigenous Populations; Foreign Countries; Adult Literacy; Literacy Education; Informal Education; Teaching Methods; Young Adults; Socialization; Alphabets; Technological Literacy; Lifelong Learning; Ethnography; Transformative Learning; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Sinti und Roma; Ausland; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Buchstabenschrift; Technisches Wissen; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Ethnografie; Pädagogische Transformation; Australien
Abstract	If young adults in remote Indigenous Australian communities are to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to participate effectively in mature roles in their own and the wider community, then educators will need to pay attention not only to the provision of schooling and formal adult-literacy tuition, but also to how language, literacy, and technological know-how are acquired through socialization and learning as a lifelong process. In this article, Inge Kral and Jerry Schwab take a social practice approach to reading (and writing) by looking at how Indigenous youth use alphabetic and digital literacies in everyday life and in community settings beyond school. Their proposition is that, in addition to pedagogy, it is meaningful practice across the lifespan that determines competence. Drawing on ethnographic research, Kral and Schwab outline a "learning centre" model, suggesting that it provides a template not only for transformative practice but also for achieving an appropriate blend of formal and nonformal approaches to adult learning in the remote context. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01