caa a22 4500 475743474 CHVBK 20180406123506.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004181531407 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004181531407 Gomez Sofia Angel Guerra 23/4L, 35003, Las Palmas, Canary Islands aut The Collective that Didn't Quite Collect: Reflections on the IALS [Elektronische Daten] [Sofia Gomez] The concept and methodology of IALS obviously represent progress for literacy research. Nevertheless, this survey presents serious limitations. It prioritises the handling of data-based information as opposed to experiential and contextualized information, ranking at a higher position those who handle the first kind of information. The survey ignores how people solve problems in their life context. The competence of people cannot be understood merely through outside observation and a questionnaire situation. In the case of Poland, the interpretation of data manifests an ethnocentric Western attitude, tending to reduce cultural differences to a cultural deficit. Two IALS-inspired surveys conducted in Spain and Portugal mixed quantitative and qualitative methods in order to take into account the social relations in their cultural context. This article questions the role of research, which cannot be limited to the objectivation of reality, but should help to transform and improve it. The alternative model proposed is named "investigation action." Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 419-431 0020-8566 46:5<419 2000 46 11159 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004181531407 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004181531407 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Gomez Sofia Angel Guerra 23/4L, 35003, Las Palmas, Canary Islands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 419-431 0020-8566 46:5<419 2000 46 11159 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer