Adults’ numeracy practices in fluid and unstable contexts—An agenda for education, policy and research?

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Yasukawa, K. and Evans, J. 2019. Adults’ numeracy practices in fluid and unstable contexts—An agenda for education, policy and research? Zeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung. 42 (3), pp. 343-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40955-019-00145-z
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TitleAdults’ numeracy practices in fluid and unstable contexts—An agenda for education, policy and research?
AuthorsYasukawa, K. and Evans, J.
Abstract

Numeracy practices are always dependent on the social context in which they emerge. These contexts, however, are unstable because of a range of technological and socio-political changes. How does this instability affect people’s agency in the world? After reviewing key approaches to numeracy practices research, we distil key findings from recent numeracy studies. We introduce the concept of the numerate environment to examine the context in which opportunities, supports and demands present themselves for people’s numeracy development, explaining how cultural-historical activity theory can be used to analyse the effects of changes in numerate environments. We consider examples of social trends likely to effect such changes and conclude with implications of shifts in people’s numerate environment for future educational provision, policy and research.

KeywordsOriginalbeitrag, Numeracy practices, Numerate environment, Cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT), Adult education, Rechenpraktiken, Rechenumwelt, Kulturhistorische Aktivitätstheorie, Erwachsenenbildung, Weiterbildung
Research GroupCentre for Education Research and Scholarship (CERS)
PublisherVS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
JournalZeitschrift für Weiterbildungsforschung
ISSN2364-0022
Electronic2364-0022
Publication dates
Online11 Oct 2019
Print31 Dec 2019
Publication process dates
Deposited12 Oct 2020
Submitted13 Jul 2019
Accepted14 Sep 2019
Output statusPublished
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1007/s40955-019-00145-z
LanguageEnglish
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