The role of informal learning in adults' literacy proficiency.

Autor/inn/en	Sulkunen, Sari; Nissinen, Kari; Malin, Antero
Titel	The role of informal learning in adults' literacy proficiency.
Quelle	In: European journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, 12 (2021) 2, S. 207-222Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2000-7426
DOI	10.3384/rela.2000-7426.1325
URN	urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-225041 urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-79819-6
Schlagwörter	Informelles Lernen; Regressionsanalyse; Leseförderung; Lesekompetenz; Lesen; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Arbeitsplatz; Erwachsenenbildung; Alphabetisierung; Lebenslanges Lernen; Einflussfaktor; Erwachsener; PIAAC (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies); Dänemark; Finnland; Nordeuropa; Norwegen; Schweden
Abstract	This study used the Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) dataset to examine informal literacy learning's effects on adults' literacy proficiency. Also, the factors associated with informal literacy learning at and outside of work were studied. The study participants were Nordic adults aged 35-65 years. The statistical method was regression analysis, and the results indicate that informal literacy activities at work are associated primarily with occupation, and informal literacy activities outside of work with education, parents' education and gender. Initial education, occupation, language background and age exerted the strongest estimated associations with reading literacy proficiency. Informal learning, particularly reading outside of work, exerted a statistically significant effect independent of adults' backgrounds, indicating that it may offer all adults the opportunity to develop literacy proficiency. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2021/4