The realities of Indigenous adult literacy acquisition and practice: implications for capacity development in remote communities

dc.contributor.authorKral, Ingeen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSchwab, Roberten_AU
dc.contributor.otherAustralian National University. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Researchen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2004-04-28en_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-05-19T02:57:39Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-01-05T08:36:30Z
dc.date.available2004-05-19T02:57:39Zen_US
dc.date.available2011-01-05T08:36:30Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.description.abstractThe future sustainability of remote communities is being questioned with increasing frequency. The current state of welfare dependency is fragile. Significant work is being undertaken to develop the capacity of Indigenous communities to govern their own services and adult literacy is clearly seen as a major factor in the participation of Indigenous people in community development and the capacity building processes. Yet little research on adult literacy practices and competence in remote Indigenous communities has taken place in Australia. This paper reports on findings from a collaborative study involving two remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, one in the Top End and the other in the Central Desert. The project, involving a collaboration between the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research and Central Australian Remote Health Development Services, used an ethnographic approach, drawing on ideas developed internationally by anthropologists and linguists associated with the New Literacy Studies to explore the social context of literacy acquisition and use in these communities. In this paper we analyse the findings and explore the implications for training, employment and capacity development in remote Indigenous communities.en_AU
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0-7315-5632-1
dc.identifier.issn1036-1774
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/39964
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.provenancePermission to deposit in Open Research received from CAEPR (ERMS2230079)en_AU
dc.publisherCanberra, ACT : Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDiscussion Paper (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR), The Australian National University); No. 257
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyrighten_AU
dc.subjectwelfare dependencyen_AU
dc.subjectremote communitiesen_AU
dc.subjectindigenous educationen_AU
dc.subjectethnographic approachen_AU
dc.subjectadult literacy Australiaen_AU
dc.subjectIndigenous communitiesen_AU
dc.titleThe realities of Indigenous adult literacy acquisition and practice: implications for capacity development in remote communitiesen_AU
dc.typeWorking/Technical Paperen_AU
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCAEPRen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.description.refereednoen_AU
local.identifier.absfor169902 - Studies of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Societyen_AU
local.identifier.citationyear2003en_AU
local.identifier.eprintid2519en_AU
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu1027010en_AU
local.rights.ispublishednoen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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