PIAAC and the south - is southering the new othering? Global expansion of dominant discourses on adult literacy.

Autor/inn/en	Grotlüschen, Anke; Buddeberg, Klaus
Titel	PIAAC and the south - is southering the new othering? Global expansion of dominant discourses on adult literacy.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 11 (2020) 2, S. 167-181Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.3384/rela.2000-7426.rela9214
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-202816
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Vergleichende Bildungsforschung; Stereotyp; Literarität; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Entwicklungsland; Erwachsenenbildung; Alphabetisierung; Internationaler Vergleich; Ausgrenzung; Exklusion; Kritik; PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies); Süden
Abstract	Large-scale studies such as Programme for the international assessment of adult competencies (PIAAC) are currently the most influential variant of literacy research. PIAAC is undergoing a process of regional expansion towards countries located in the geographical south. Based on the finding that large-scale studies can create stereotypes about social groups, this contribution examines the extent to which this danger also exists with regard to countries and regions. For doing so the authors suggest the term southering. Southering brings together the discourses about the South with the concept of othering, introduced by Said (1978). The presentation of the results as tables and world maps can result in exposing countries of the South to a pronounced deficit perspective. The contribution does not pursue the goal of questioning the legitimacy of international studies. Rather, they would like to point out the necessity of exercising due care in the interpretation of corresponding study results. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2020/4