Literacy was introduced into Uganda as part of the Christian missionaries' work. Since
then, several methods have been used to teach adult literacy in Uganda. At present,
two approaches, namely Functional Adult Literacy (FAL) and Regenerated Freirean
Literacy Through Empowering Community Technique (REFLECT), are competing for
recognition. This has generated a lot of debate between literacy practitioners using
the two approaches. Motivated by these debates, a number of studies have been
done, leading to controversial finding and conclusions. Most of these studies focused
on issues relating to efficiency and effectiveness, by looking at the process and impact
of the two approaches. This article reports on a study that undertook to compare the
ideology underpinning the two approaches. This study concluded that the approaches
are more similar than different.