Shifting the Gaze: From the Numerate Individual to Their Numerate Environment

Autor/inn/en	Evans, Jeff; Yasukawa, Keiko; Mallows, David; Kubascikova, Jana
Titel	Shifting the Gaze: From the Numerate Individual to Their Numerate Environment
Quelle	In: Adult Literacy Education, 3 (2021) 3, S.4-18 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2642-3669
Schlagwörter	Adults; Numeracy; Foreign Countries; Affordances; Environment; Opportunities; Barriers; United Kingdom; Slovakia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechenkompetenz; Ausland; Umwelt; Möglichkeit; Großbritannien; Slowakei
Abstract	Drawing on the concept of the "literate environment," the authors conceptualise the numerate environment to explore the development of adults' numeracy. Numerate environments provide opportunities, supports, and demands for numeracy practices. Case studies of domestic energy bills in the UK and of the currency conversion process to the euro in the Slovak Republic from 2009 illustrate opportunities, supports, and demands on adults. We use the idea of affordances to understand inter-relations among these three key aspects. We show the importance of considering affordances at different levels of the environment, which we call here individual, mid-level, and societal or national levels. Implications for numeracy policy and learning are explored. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01