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Organisation/Affiliation
Works as
Senior Research Fellow, Department of Educational Research, University of
Lancaster.
Founder member of the national network, Research and
Practice in Adult Literacy (RaPAL) and a core member of the Lancaster Literacy
Research Group
Interests in Life Long Learning
Main
area of interest is literacy and adult basic education policy:
- comparative perspectives, especially across
industrialised societies
- processes of informal adult learning and issues of
access and transition for mature students
Has taken part in UNESCO and European Community
initiatives on literacy. Funded research projects have included literacy in the
workplace (Leverhulme trust); literacy practices in the local community (funded
by the ESRC); Open Learning in Adult Basic Education (Universities Funding
Council); public images of literacy in the press (Nuffield, Leverhulme).
Recent publications include
- Hamilton, M. (1996) "A History of Adult Basic
Education" in Fieldhouse, R. (ed) A History of Modern Adult Education published
by the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education
- Barton, D and Hamilton, M. (1998) Local Literacies:
A Study of Reading and Writing in One Community Routledge.
- Hamilton, M and Merrifield, J (1999) Adult Basic
skills in Britain: Lessons for the United States. in the Review of Adult
Language and Literacy Vol1 (1) National Centre for Adult Language and Literacy.
Jossey Bass.
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Mary Hamilton