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This chapter looks at the relationship between literacy, equality, and creativity and their relevance to literacy practice. Drawing on the experience of an action research project on literacy and equality, it examines how these concepts can be linked together to enable tutors and learners to understand equality issues affecting their lives. The medium used to assist this learning is non-text/creative methodologies. Findings indicate that tutors and learners were able to make use of a range of non-text methodologies to improve their understanding of equality and the issues that arise from the inequalities affecting their lives. It also enabled students to develop their own knowledge and skills and their literacies in different contexts.
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Mark, R. (2009). Exploring Ways of Promoting an Equality Discourse Using Non-Text/Creative Approaches for Learning in the Everyday Lives of Adult Literacy Learners. In: Mattos, A.M.A. (eds) Narratives on Teaching and Teacher Education. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230622913_8
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