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Lifelong Capital: An Ethnographic Investigation into How Social Capital is Produced by Lifelong Learning Literacies Groups
(2023) Unknown
It has been argued by recent sociological research using qualitative and quantitative methods that lifelong learning literacies groups have the utility of producing social capital for their learners. This finding is significant as it has allowed for an interactionist contribution to the withstanding sociological debate concerning the role of lifelong learning in society. What has been missed by this recent research is an explanation as to how these interactions within lifelong learning literacies groups contribute to the production of social capital. It is this missing area of knowledge that this research seeks to address. Using an ethnographic methodology consisting of participant observation and semi-structured interviews, this research finds that both interactive aspects of the dynamics and relationships in the group are imperative to the production and facilitation of social capital. This research enriches and provides nuance to the interactionist contribution to the lifelong learning debate. Thus, potentially providing useful insights and considerations to workers and researchers within all lifelong learning provisions.