Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Social practice of adult literacy, numeracy and language / Mary Hamilton, Yvonne Hillier, Lyn Tett -- Significance of a social practice view of language, literacy and numeracy / David Barton -- How could a socio-cultural approach to literacy, language and numeracy inform policy? / Ursula Howard -- Adult literacies and social inclusion : practice, research and policy in Scotland / Lyn Tett -- Aligning socio-cultural and critical approaches to multilingual literacy research / Elsa Auerbach -- Language, literacy and bilingualism : connecting theory, policy and practice / Celia Roberts -- Literacy, language and bilingualism / Mahendra Verma -- Power of numbers : research agendas in a number-saturated world / Mike Baynham -- Socio-cultural approach to adult numeracy : issues for policy and practice / Diana Coben -- Measuring up : practitioners researching numeracy / Mark Baxter ... [et al.] -- Education for all : the globalization of learning targets / Harvey Goldstein -- Tests and ptarmigan / Peter Lavender -- Performance measurement within adult literacy, language and numeracy : practitioners' perspectives / Jay Derrick -- Crossing borders, and back again : a life of building bridges, squaring circles and living literacy as social practice / Juliet Merrifield -- Exploring possibilities in the boundaries / Mary Norton -- Crossing boundaries or boundary crossing : from practice to research and research to practice / Yvonne Hillier.