Living LIteracy: Rethinking Development in Adulthood

The article by Lytle argues that literacy approach in adulthood should be re-thought. The needs and capabilities in low literate or so called "marginal literate" have different connection to literacy.The steps to education should be participatory to learn and to teach to empower their existent literacy in their daily life. Researchers need to conduct farther investigations to bring new concept of education to server better the needs of these categories of people. Researchers and learners should work together to build new foundation for this part of the population which represent 40 million of people.