The challenges of adult literacy. Peruvian teachers' beliefs and methodological proposals

Abstract

We address the challenges of adult literacy in an American context from a European perspective. We focus on the context of adult education in Peru, a country with a great cultural and linguistic diversity, based on the interaction produced with a hundred Peruvian teachers linked to the CEBA (Basic Alternative Education) centers. The school context of young people and adults in situations of illiteracy ascribed to the Program for Literacy and Basic Education of Young People and Adults (PAEBA) presents situations of extreme poverty and inequality, which require specific actions and methodologies. From the experience of adult literacy centers and the sociolinguistic reality of teaching in the own language experienced in the Valencian Community, we approach the concepts of literacy in the Spanish language, competences and methodologies based on the use of oral language and writing, the identity value of oral tradition, etc. We consider some essential aspects: the preparation of teachers in the knowledge of languages, attention to cultural diversity, the development of motivating teaching practices and the creation of literacy environments.

Keywords

• alfabetización
• educación de adultos
• enseñanza de lenguas
• formación docente