Participation in literacy and adult basic education courses is seen as an opportunity to improve literacy skills inadulthood, promote social participation and create equal opportunities (OECD 2016). However, participation rates in thesecourses are relatively low. Thus, this symposium will focus on the complexity of participation behaviors and learners' barriers toparticipation in literacy and adult basic education programs. Four recent studies, which refer to learners’ behavior at differentstages in the process of participation, will be discussed. The guiding research question is: What dynamics of retention and dropout can be observed specifically in literacy and adult basic education?
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