Adults Who Learn: Sharing Literacy Project Experience from South-Western Nigeria

Autor/in	Kolawole, Oluwatoyin Dare
Titel	Adults Who Learn: Sharing Literacy Project Experience from South-Western Nigeria
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 30 (2011) 6, S.795-813 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Empowerment; Socioeconomic Status; Literacy Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Foreign Countries; Adult Literacy; Rural Development; Outcomes of Education; Case Studies; Income; Self Esteem; Politics; Knowledge Level; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Ausland; Rural environment; Development; Ländliches Milieu; Entwicklung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Einkommen; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Politik; Wissensbasis
Abstract	The paper reports the outcome of a funded non-formal, functional adult literacy project embarked upon in the university-based "Isoya" rural development programme area in south-western Nigeria from 2005-2007. It specifically presents the approaches used in legitimising the literacy project amongst community people; and reports the positive impact of the project on community empowerment. A case study design was used to carry out the study amongst adult literacy class participants. It was found that the average income of learners per month in Nigerian Naira (NGN) at the commencement of the adult class increased from NGN 39,083.33 (approximately US$ 253.71) to NGN 54,409.09 (approximately US$ 353.19) after the first phase of the project. Also, participant learners realised that they had acquired basic reading and writing skills and have, thus, acquired self-esteem in addition to experiencing some socio-economic progress as well as the ability to better understand their ecological environment. Well over 88.0% of the adult learners perceived that they became more politically conscious as a result of the adult class they attended. (Contains 3 notes, 2 tables, and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10