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Literacy

Cambridge Encyclopedia of Anthropology, 2021
Literacy is a linguistic innovation characterised by the encoding and decoding of language into a system of visual signs whose relevance to daily life in most societies cannot be overstated. Understood to be both a technology and a social practice, literacy has been the subject of anthropological inquiry since the late nineteenth century, with ...
Turin, Mark, Hanks, Robert
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Critical Literacy and Literacies

Journal of Education, Teaching and Social Studies, 2020
Literacy emerged as a concept that meant the application of reading, writing and numeracy skills in the individual’s everyday context. Nowadays, the concept of literacy takes on a central and multivariate dimension and is mobilized in several contexts, such as digital literacy, sustainability literacy and ocean literacy, just to name a few.
Ana Isabel Santos, Sandro Serpa
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A Scientometric Study of Digital Literacy, ICT Literacy, Information Literacy, and Media Literacy [PDF]

Journal of Data and Information Science, 2020
Abstract Purpose Digital literacy and related fields have received interests from scholars and practitioners for more than 20 years; nonetheless, academic communities need to systematically review how the fields have developed. This study aims to investigate the research trends of digital literacy and
Han Woo Park, Hyejin Park, Han Sung Kim
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Challenges and Opportunities: What Can We Learn from Patients Living with Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions, Health Professionals and Carers about the Concept of Health Literacy Using Qualitative Methods of Inquiry? [PDF]

, 2013
The field of health literacy continues to evolve and concern public health researchers and yet remains a largely overlooked concept elsewhere in the healthcare system.
A Peerson, AE Volandes, AL Wroe, B Halkier, C von Wagner, Charlotte Salter, D Chinn, D Nutbeam, D Nutbeam, D Nutbeam, DW Baker, F Al Sayah, J Gazmararian, J Protheroe, JA Baker, Gazmararian, JE Jordan, Julii Brainard, Karen Spilsbury, KJ McCaffery, LA Lindquist, LD Chew, Lisa McDaid, M Deveugele, MK Paasche-Orlow, MK Paasche-Orlow, MS Wolf, ND Berkman, ND Berkman, P Easton, PJ Schulz, SA Collins, SK Smith, SL Sheridan, VA Entwistle, VA Entwistle, YK Loke, Yoon Loke, Z Kmietowicz   +37 more
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The Economic Importance of Financial Literacy: Theory and Evidence

Journal of Economic Literature, 2013
This paper undertakes an assessment of a rapidly growing body of economic research on financial literacy. We start with an overview of theoretical research which casts financial knowledge as a form of investment in human capital.
A. Lusardi, Olivia S. Mitchell
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“We Speak Pidgin!” – Family Language Policy as the Telling Case for Translanguaging Spaces and Monolingual Ideologies

Open Linguistics, 2020
With the increase in global movement, both temporary (travel and transsettlement) and permanent (e/immigration), traditional conceptions of the linguistic processes rooted largely in the long-term translocation(s) or migrations are revisited through the ...
Hirsch Tijana, Kayam Orly
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Embodied Discourses of Literacy in the Lives of Two Preservice Teachers [PDF]

, 2009
This study examines the emerging teacher literacy identities of Ian and A.J., two preservice teachers in a graduate teacher education program in the United States.
Alsup Janet, Atwell Nancie, Bakhtin Mikhail, Bordo Susan, Britzman Deborah P., Butler Judith, Butler Judith, Clarke Adele, Creech S., Cruz M. Colleen, Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Ellsworth Elizabeth, Ellsworth Elizabeth, Felman Shoshana, Gee James Paul, Goodman K.S., Graves Donald, Harrer Sebastian, Heard Georgia, Heath Shirley Bryce, Holdaway Don, Krashen Stephen, Lather Patti, McQuillan Jeff, Mindy Legard Larson, Rosenblatt Louise M., Routman Regie, Routman Regie, Rummelhart David, Smith Frank, Smith Frank, Taberski Sharon, Weedon Chris, Wenger Etienne   +33 more
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Literacy practices of primary education children in Andalusia (Spain): a family-based perspective [PDF]

, 2020
Primary school children develop literacy practices in various domains and situations in everyday life. This study focused on the analysis of literacy practices of children aged 8–12 years from the perspec- tive of their families.
Barton D., Bhabha H. K., Bloom B. J., Bourdieu P., Chouliaraki L., Compton‐Lilly C., Compton‐Lilly C., Davies J., Freebody P., Gee J. P., Gil Flores J., Llano Ortiz J. C., Millán J. A., Mullis I. V. S., Mullis I. V. S., Mullis I.V.S., Redecker C., Rogers R., Serbetar I., Soja E. W., Wells G., Williams B. T., Wohlwend K. E.   +22 more
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Health literacy and public health: A systematic review and integration of definitions and models

BMC Public Health, 2012
BackgroundHealth literacy concerns the knowledge and competences of persons to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. Although its importance is increasingly recognised, there is no consensus about the definition of health literacy or ...
K. Sørensen, S. van den Broucke, James Fullam, G. Doyle, J. Pelikan, Z. Słońska, H. Brand   +6 more
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Conversations Around the Literacy Hour in a Multilingual London Primary School [PDF]

, 2005
This study was conducted against the background of a British government initiative: The National Literacy Strategy, which prescribes a daily hour of formal literacy instruction for primary aged children, known as the Literacy Hour.
Wallace, Catherine
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