Adult Numeracy as a Social Practice

Related to the concept of situated learning is that of Communities of Practice. Here the emphasis moves a way from numeracy ad merely some individualistic skill or set of skills that a person processes to numeracy as a social practice that involves participation with others in authentic social contexts. This has very important implications for conceptualising how numeracy is taught, learnt and assessed.


Beyond worksheets - a social and holistic approach to numeracy (Ciancone, Hood, and Lehmann).

Adult Teachers as Researchers: Ethnographic approaches to numeracy and literacy as social practices in South Asia. (Street, Rogers, and Baker).