What (actually) matters in literacy education: Contributions from community psychology

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What (actually) matters in literacy education: Contributions from community psychology

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This paper describes the critical role community psychology theories played in reframing literacy research involving mainly Māori and Pacific peoples’ extended families and communities. Within a critical social constructionist paradigm, ecological systems theory and holistic, integrative theories of wellbeing brought much-needed new thinking to how family-focused adult literacy education might be theorised and practiced. This reframing marks a challenge to and movement away from still-dominan...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2013

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Furness, Jane Amanda / Robertson, Neville / Hunter, Judy / Hodgetts, Darrin / Nikora, Linda Waimarie

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https://hdl.handle.net/10289/8360

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Family literacy / adult literacy / wellbeing / ecological systems theory / community psychology / Māori / Pacific peoples / whānau

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