The benefits of adults learning numeracy

Yasukawa, K; Widin, J; Chodkiewicz, AK

The benefits of adults learning numeracy

Yasukawa, K

Widin, J

Chodkiewicz, AK

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Publisher:: Centro de Investigcao em Educacao Universidade de Lisbon & Department of Education, Learning & Philo
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Proceedings of the Fifth Mathematics Education and Society Conference, 2008, pp. 495 - 504
Issue Date:: 2008-01

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dc.contributor.author	Yasukawa, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-0289	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Widin, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8148-6297	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chodkiewicz, AK	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Matos, JF	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Valero, P	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Yasukawa, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-0289	en_US
dc.date	2008-02-16	en_US
dc.date.issued	2008-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Proceedings of the Fifth Mathematics Education and Society Conference, 2008, pp. 495 - 504	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978 989 95062 3 7	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/11493
dc.description.abstract	We examine the benefits of adult numeracy learning in the current Australian context by drawing on Schullers framework for analysing the benefits of learning in terms of three capitals: human capital, social capital and identity capital. We argue that although the current adult education policy framework in Australia is biased towards the achievement of only one of the three capitals human capital, the practices of experienced adult educators help to extend the benefits of learning to encompass identity and social capital benefits. We take a case study of a numeracy workshop in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in Australia to show how one teacher exemplifies teaching practice that despite the policy gap, helps her learners reap a range of benefits from their numeracy learning.	en_US
dc.publisher	Centro de Investigcao em Educacao Universidade de Lisbon & Department of Education, Learning & Philo	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Proceedings of the Fifth Mathematics Education and Society Conference	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Mathematics Education and Society	en_US
dc.title	The benefits of adults learning numeracy	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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utslib.location.activity	Albufeira, Portugal	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/Adult Learning and Applied Linguistics Program
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - STEM Education Futures
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Abstract:

We examine the benefits of adult numeracy learning in the current Australian context by drawing on Schullers framework for analysing the benefits of learning in terms of three capitals: human capital, social capital and identity capital. We argue that although the current adult education policy framework in Australia is biased towards the achievement of only one of the three capitals human capital, the practices of experienced adult educators help to extend the benefits of learning to encompass identity and social capital benefits. We take a case study of a numeracy workshop in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in Australia to show how one teacher exemplifies teaching practice that despite the policy gap, helps her learners reap a range of benefits from their numeracy learning.

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