Collective commitment to enriching literate environments frequented by adults in precarious situations: an action research study
In keeping with an emerging international trend, the Quebec government sets out, in certain public policies, the importance of enriching literate environments that promote adults’ maintenance and improvement of reading and writing skills. To understand how organizations within a community can contribute to this endeavour, action research was conducted. The results indicate that these organizations are concerned with adapting the literate environment under their responsibility, provided that they are given the means and guidance to do so, and provided that adults who do not hold a diploma or who have not continued their education beyond secondary school are genuinely interested in participating. However, the action research points to an ethical dilemma for community organizations, which are reluctant to recruit adults on the basis of their schooling.