Goal 4: Adult Literacy by https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7 Monitoring the process toward Education for All en-us 2019-10-28 20:52:46 UTC 2026-01-25 02:05:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png Statistics peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403588234 1. There are 781 million illiterate adults worldwide
2. Women account for 64% of the adults worldwide that cannot read and write with understanding.
3. Kuwait had an 83% illiteracy rate
4. Nepal was the outlier in consistent growth in women's literacy
5. Papa New Guinea has 838 languages]]> 2019-10-28 21:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403588234 Summary of (Lack of) Progress peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403588943 1. Progress has been made to gender parity in adult literacy, but it has not reached UNESCO's goal.
--Women in the same age group either stayed stagnant or even declined in literacy due to not utilizing their previously acquired skills. 
2. Change in daily lives has not made a strong push to increase literacy.
3. According to the 2006 report, twenty-three countries stood a fairly high chance of meeting goal 4, as their literacy rates were already relatively high and increasing quite quickly.
4. According to the 2006 report, thirty countries were at serious risk of not achieving the goal by 2015 because their very low literacy rates were not increasing fast enough. Most of these countries are in Africa, but the list also includes India, Nepal and Pakistan, and several Latin American countries.
 
]]> 2019-10-28 21:07:54 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403588943 Causes of Progress peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403590180 Observed improvement in literacy rates might be due to the fact that younger, educated people are leaving the younger age bracket and being accounted for in an older age bracket, not necessarily that more older people are learning to read because of literacy campaigns/programs.]]> 2019-10-28 21:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403590180 Developments in Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403590901 1. Literacy is now viewed more often as a continuum.
2. Realization of the importance of teaching in the local, indigenous languages. 
--Since 2000, conditions have been more favorable to learn in mother tongues.]]> 2019-10-28 21:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403590901 International Definitions of Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403591133 "Vehicle to empower people and help them obtain adequate life skills and entrepreneurship capacities" (World Monitoring EFA 2000-2015, p.136)

Traditional UNESCO definition: "the ability to read and/or write, with understanding, a simple short statement on everyday life" (Education for All Global Monitoring Report, 2006, p.64).]]> 2019-10-28 21:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403591133 Facilitating EFA: Efforts to Improve Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403591914 1. Global commitment to adult literacy
--In 2002, the UN declared 2003-2012 United Nations Literacy Decade
--The World Bank launched STEP (Skills Toward Employment and Productivity)
2. Local literacy campaigns/programs
--The US initiated LAMP (Literary Assessment and Monitoring Program) with three level of attainment
3. Local policies on multilingualism
--Mexico has a program for bilingual learners and another for monolingual indigenous speakers
4. Environments requiring better skills]]> 2019-10-28 21:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403591914 Challenges to Measuring Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403593165 1. Global: It is difficult to assess progress in literacy when definitions of literacy are changing.
2. Local: There are even more illiterate than previously believed because they misreported on self-reported surveys.
3. Local: External monitoring may result in reportedly higher rates due to pressure.
4. Local: Language of campaigns usually portrays illiteracy as 'social illness', which can lead to people hiding their problems. ]]> 2019-10-28 21:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403593165 Measuring Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403593572 Two main household survey programs
1) Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)
2) Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)

Additional measuring in US LAMP
1) Prose reading
2) Document reading
3) Numeracy]]> 2019-10-28 21:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403593572 Impeding EFA peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403598392 1. Global: Millennium Development Goals (MDG) made no mention of goals to increase adult literacy. 
2. Global: Governments had been focusing on mass adult literacy campaigns in the 1970s and 1980s, but they were replaced when emphasis shifted to universal primary schooling. ]]> 2019-10-28 21:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403598392 Needs for Further Progress peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403601014 1. More opportunities to use literacy skills
2. More accurate methods of data collection and increased data collection in select countries. 
3. Treating literacy as a scale rather than completely literate or illiterate.
2. Mobile devices could potentially increase literacy]]> 2019-10-28 21:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403601014 How Do We Track Global Education Progress? peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403601653 2019-10-28 21:52:23 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403601653 What is Education for All? peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403603229 Please note the amount of time spent on children's education in comparison to adult literacy. ]]> 2019-10-28 21:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403603229 What is it Like to Be Illiterate? peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403619372 Personal testimonies of life pre- and post-literacy locally.]]> 2019-10-28 23:06:54 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403619372 Adult Literacy in the United States peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403619553 A Brochure with concise infographics describing the literacy crisis in our own country. ]]> 2019-10-28 23:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403619553 Hidden Illiteracy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403620293 Prevalence of illiteracy in our highly literate society]]> 2019-10-28 23:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403620293 Hidden Illiteracy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403620766 A personal story of the challenges in admitting illiteracy]]> 2019-10-28 23:12:20 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403620766 Final Literacy Rates peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403622945 What percent of each country's population were literate by the 2015 goal?]]> 2019-10-28 23:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403622945 Focus on Children peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403623277 Clearly, Education for All is working among young children since much of the emphasis has been placed on universal primary schooling. ]]> 2019-10-28 23:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403623277 Focus on Children peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403623829 Country-by-country tracking of literacy rates among children vs. adults]]> 2019-10-28 23:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403623829 Numerical Facts About Adult Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403624231 2019-10-28 23:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403624231 Identifying Illiterates peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403629307 How to tell is someone may be struggling with illiteracy, but may be unwilling to admit it.]]> 2019-10-28 23:48:59 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403629307 Methodologies Used for Measuring Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403629868 An interactive map]]> 2019-10-28 23:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403629868 THE GOAL peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403632403 REDUCTION OF THE ADULT ILLITERACY RATE BY ONE HALF WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON FEMALE LITERACY]]> 2019-10-29 00:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403632403 Midway Marker peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403664493 Individual countries and their status in 2006.]]> 2019-10-29 01:55:41 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403664493 Midway Marker peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403666435 How were the countries faring in reaching adult literacy goals in 2006? ]]> 2019-10-29 02:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403666435 Understandings of Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403667892 1. Literacy as  an autonomous set of skills
2. Literacy as applied, practiced, and situated
3. Literacy as a learning process
4. Literacy as text. ]]> 2019-10-29 02:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403667892 Impeding EFA: Interpretations of 'Literacy' peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403670299 Local: Brief explanations of how different countries define literacy]]> 2019-10-29 02:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403670299 Methods of Testing Literacy peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403670719 1. Respondents reported their literacy level as
part of a census questionnaire or survey
instrument (self-declaration).
2. Another individual – typically, the head of the
household – reported on the literacy level of
household members (third-party assessment).
3. The number of years of schooling completed
was used as a proxy measure to distinguish the ‘literate’ from the ‘non-literate’ (educational
attainment proxy)
]]> 2019-10-29 02:20:28 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403670719 Which countries struggle with adult literacy the most? peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403671749 2019-10-29 02:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403671749 Goal 4 Report Card peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403673438 A basic overview of the progress made and room for improvement]]> 2019-10-29 02:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/403673438 peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/404200698 2019-10-30 00:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/404200698 peter_b https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/404200892 2019-10-30 00:00:49 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_b/h8krwxtrllj7/wish/404200892