Adult Literacy Policy and Practice

Gordon Ade-Ojo is an experienced teacher and researcher in the field of adult literacy. Having worked for some time as a lecturer of adult literacy and ESOL in an FE college, he has spent the last 11 years lecturing specialist ESOL and Literacy course on the PGCE programme as well as supervising Doctoral and Masters students at the University of Greenwich, UK. Vicky Duckworth is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Edge Hill University, UK. Her research has varied from critical and emancipatory approaches to education, to Further Education teaching to social justice, literacies and community engagement.

• 1. Exploring the Concepts: Instrumentalism, Philosophy of Education, Ideology and Value Positions 2. Changing Value Positions: A Movement in Transition 3. The Consolidation of an Instrumental Value Position: The Moser Committee 4. Exploring an Alternative: A Transformative Curriculum Driven by Social Capital