Social Network: A New Perspective on Independence and Illiterate Adults.

Fingeret, Arlene

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ERIC Number: EJ279020

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Publication Date: 1983

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Social Network: A New Perspective on Independence and Illiterate Adults.

Fingeret, Arlene

Adult Education Quarterly, v33 n3 p133-46 Spr 1983

In-depth unstructured interviews and participant observation of 43 adults showed that illiterates create reciprocal networks to which they contribute a range of skills. Illiterate adults demonstrate varying abilities to decode the social world and take action; that is, illiteracy does not imply dependence. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Decoding (Reading), Illiteracy, Information Needs, Social Networks, Social Structure, Social Support Groups, Urban Areas

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Language: English

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