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Shifting the Gaze: From the Numerate Individual to Their Numerate Environment

Evans, J; Yasukawa, K; Mallows, D; Kubascikova, J; (2021) Shifting the Gaze: From the Numerate Individual to Their Numerate Environment. Adult Literacy Education: The International Journal of Literacy, Language, and Numeracy , 3 (3) pp. 4-18. Green open access

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Abstract

Drawing on the concept of the "literate environment," the authors conceptualise the numerate environment to explore the development of adults’ numeracy. Numerate environments provide opportunities, supports, and demands for numeracy practices. Case studies of domestic energy bills in the UK and of the currency conversion process to the euro in the Slovak Republic from 2009 illustrate opportunities, supports, and demands on adults. We use the idea of affordances to understand inter-relations among these three key aspects. We show the importance of considering affordances at different levels of the environment, which we call here individual, mid-level, and societal or national levels. Implications for numeracy policy and learning are explored.

Type: Article
Title: Shifting the Gaze: From the Numerate Individual to Their Numerate Environment
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
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Language: English
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Keywords: numerate environment, opportunities, supports, demands, affordances
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10111860
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