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Functional Literacy in People's Lives
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Abstract The paper presents the results of a qualitative study into the lives of people with inadequate functional literacy skills. The data were collected through a biographical interview with a respondent whose characteristics correspond to those of a hypothetical person likely to exhibit signs of low func... view more
The paper presents the results of a qualitative study into the lives of people with inadequate functional literacy skills. The data were collected through a biographical interview with a respondent whose characteristics correspond to those of a hypothetical person likely to exhibit signs of low functional literacy. The characteristics, such as gender, age, parental education achievements and job history, of this hypothetical person have been derived from the results of research into adult functional literacy undertaken in the Czech Republic in 1998 - International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The analysis of the qualitative data focuses on three domains of the respondent’s life, namely her family life, her school years, and her life style. The paper identifies the coping strategies used by the respondent in her everyday life... view less
Keywords
literacy; family situation; life style; interview; historical development; reading; writing; adult
Classification
Vocational Training, Adult Education
Free Keywords
functional literacy; biographical interview technique; family life; educational and occupational history, life strategy; International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS); PIAAC
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 29-51
Journal
Journal of Pedagogy, 1 (2010) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/v10159-010-0008-3
ISSN
1338-1563
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0