UNESCO's "Global Education Monitoring Reports 2000-2015" by Sandy https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira Improving Levels of Adult Literacy en-us 2018-11-01 02:33:00 UTC 2023-03-07 04:28:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Progress Requirements sgeemason https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228152
  • Need for a more consistent monitoring 
  • Need for consistent definition of literacy
  • Allow for comparison 
  • Literacy requires more opportunities to use, improve and retain literacy skills
  • Rapid expansion of communication technologies is promising
  • Can be used to promote stronger literacy environments and reading practices
  • Mobile phone usage increases demand for literacy skills with the need to text and email (Lacks clear evidence of  their impact on improving literacy skills)
    • ]]>     2018-11-01 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228152     Local Factors Contributing to the Current Adult Literacy Levels sgeemason https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228153 Impediments
    • Economics:  The poorest countries often show the lowest rates of adult literacy
    • Literacy programs inadequately funded 
    • Lack of comparable sources as national definitions often change too 
    • Demand for literacy has grown less than expected, and literacy outcomes have not improved among adults
    • Nationally owned literacy campaigns and programs declined in the 1990's
    • Resurgence lacks coordination and capacity  and prevents them from making a visible impact
    •  Attempts to introduce the mother tongue as a method of  of instruction in adult literacy programs has not been fruitful
    • Programs in developing countries have been insufficient
    Facilitators
    • Resource management initiatives create opportunities where literacy skills are needed
    • Changes attributed to skill acquisition through literacy programs or other opportunities in life 
    • Improvement in the adult literacy rate has occurred as single illiterate adult are replaced by younger literate adults in specific age groups used in data acquisition
    • Increased rates of formal schooling for women
    ]]>     2018-11-01 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228153     Global Factors Contributing to the Current Adult Literacy Levels sgeemason https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228154 Impediments
    • Global commitment was weak; funding was not allocated adequately to fund local programs
    • Variations in definitions have hampered up to date global assessment of literacy rates
    • Based on direct assessment, the world is even further from universal adult literacy than official estimates suggest
    • Direct assessment results are at times misinterpreted
    • Presumed literacy for those that have completed primary school
    • Even in high income countries, a large  minority of adults have only very low levels of proficiency in reading (OECD, 2013c).
    Facilitators
    • Emergence of gender parity and now the rates for literacy among women has improved
    • The OECD developed the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) 
    • PIACC extends the literacy domains that was covered in the International Adult Literacy Survey of 
      the 1990s, and builds on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey administered in 2003-2007
    • The scaled levels and scores of PIAAC offer the ability to compare across countries, education attainment levels and types of employment. 
    ]]>     2018-11-01 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228154     Literacy Definition sgeemason https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228156 According to the Metadata table provided in UNESCO's statistical data, each country of the world has a different definition of literacy.  For the sake of this informational presentation, literacy will be defined as the ability to "identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute using printed and written materials’ associated with varied contexts"  "Today literacy is seen as a continuum of skills that enables  individuals  to achieve  their goals in work and life" (UNESCO, 2005).  "Today literacy is seen as a continuum of skills that enables  individuals  to achieve  their goals in work and life" (UNESCO, 2015).   

    UNESCO’s  definition of ‘literacy’ in the 1950s was "merely an ability to ‘read and write, with understanding, a short, simple statement about everyday life’."  Literacy has evolved and by 1990,  it was recognized as a "skill that directly contributes to the well being of people in general. ]]>     2018-11-01 02:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299228156     Recommendations Diagram sgeemason https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299675469 2018-11-02 06:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sgeemason/1yldveelyira/wish/299675469