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Adult Learner Success Stories: The Impact of Shifting Political Discourses on Adult Literacy Education

Authors

• • M. Carolyn Clark
  • Texas A&M University, USA
• • Jennifer A. Sandlin
  • Texas A&M University, USA

Abstract

This study examines the impact of shifting political discourse on adult literacy success stories. Those shaped by a liberal democratic discourse portray programs as the means students use to achieve their educational goals, while those framed within a neoconservative discourse attribute the students’ success to their own efforts through a type of bootstrapism.

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How to Cite: Clark, M. C. & Sandlin, J. A. (2007) “Adult Learner Success Stories: The Impact of Shifting Political Discourses on Adult Literacy Education”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2007).