Kristen H. Perry|David Shaw|Lyudmyla Ivanyuk|Yuen San Sarah Tham
The “Ofcourseness” of Functional Literacy: Ideologies in Adult Literacy
University of Kentucky|Oklahoma State University at Tulsa|University of Kentucky|University of Kansas
used metastudy metasynthesis techniques conduct discursive review 101 recent publications topic adult functional literacy fl purpose understand ideologies shaping current definitions conceptualizations fl well fl researched assessed using discursive review techniques analyzed instances legitimation dissimulation reification ofcourseness explore ideological underpinnings field close analysis three passages related theory research assessment illustrates ideological patterns counts fl patterns grounded ideological divisions cognitive sociocultural perspectives flthe effects traced findings counts fl logics inquiry undergird field ways ideologies shape adult literacy assessment discussion considers larger implications ideologies legitimated reified ignored dismissed subsumed ways conceptualizing fl offer future directions raise important questions arise conclusions