Conceptualizing the benefits of adult literacy education in Namibia: A case of the Caprivi Region
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2011
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Namibian Educational Research Association (NERA)
Abstract
This article aims to examine how adult literacy learners and policy makers conceptualise the benefits derived from adult literacy leaning in Namibia, using the Caprivi region as a case study to understand how community’s needs can be addressed through adult literacy. Both qualitative and quantitative designs were used in the process of data collection and analysis. A stratified sample of 100 adult literacy learners and purposive sample of five policy makers participated in the study. The findings revealed that there is a narrow conception of the benefits derived from adult literacy as participants conceived literacy as a neutral skill, other than a social practice embedded in socially constructed epistemological principles. The article concludes by making recommendation that due to this narrow conception of the benefits derived from adult literacy learning, there is a need to revisit the relationship between policy, practice and outcomes in the exiting National Literacy Programme in Namibia (NLPN).
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The print journal is available at the University of Namibia Call No; SCP 370.96881 NER
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Adult literacy, development, empowerment, social practice, Namibia
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Likando, S. (2011). Conceptualizing the Benefits of Adult Literacy Education in Namibia: A case of the Caprivi Region .NERA Journal A Journal for the Namibian Educational Research Association Volume: 11 Issue: 01, 121-139.