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Literacy and literacies

Annual Review of Anthropology, 1995
This review explores questions of power, epistemology, cultural form, and historical process, as they are raised by and developed in studies of literacy. It begins by reviewing arguments for universalist vs situated accounts of literacy and literacies.
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Literacy and literacy practices: Plurilingual connected migrants and emerging literacy

Journal of Second Language Writing, 2021
Abstract Recent migration towards Europe is characterized by the massive presence of adults whose educational paths have been interrupted and who are thus developing literacy for the first time in a new language. A literacy test elaborated at the University of Palermo, Italy, showed that, on a sample of 774 migrants, about 30 percent could not read ...
D'Agostino M., Mocciaro E.
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Literacy and Literacies

2003
Literacy and Literacies is an engaging account of literacy and its relation to power. The book develops a synthesis of literacy studies, moving beyond received categories, and exploring the domain of power through questions of colonialism, modern state formation, educational systems and official versus popular literacies.
James Collins, Richard Blot
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The media and the literacies: media literacy, information literacy, digital literacy

Media, Culture & Society, 2011
With the advent of digital technologies, awareness of media is acquiring crucial importance. Media literacy, information literacy and digital literacy are the three most prevailing concepts that focus on a critical approach towards media messages.This article gives an overview of the nature of these literacies, which show both similarities to and ...
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Perspectives on Media Literacy, Digital Literacy and Information Literacy

International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital Competence, 2010
The cultural landscape poses different challenges for teachers. Beyond developing reading and writing skills, it is necessary to emerge in the digital culture and master the different codes of different languages. In this context, media education studies discuss the educational possibilities of interpreting, problematizing, and producing different ...
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LITERACY AND LITERACY

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade
The topic of literacy, a very current one in the Brazilian context, has not always been clearly understood by elementary school teachers, in the early years responsible for helping children learn to read and write. Therefore, this article consists of a theoretical reflection on this process, aiming to clarify and deepen its understanding through a ...
Marluce Araújo da Costa, Francisca De Cáscia da Costa, Cleide Dias Costa, Ana Cristina Medeiros de Azevedo Silva, José Amilton da Costa, Salésia Medeiros   +5 more
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The Nuances of Health Literacy, Nutrition Literacy, and Food Literacy

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2015
Health literacy, defined as the ability to access, understand, and use health information, has been identified as an international public health goal. The term nutrition literacy has emerged as a distinct form of health literacy, yet scholars continue to reflect on constituent skills and capabilities in light of discussions regarding what it means to ...
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THE PRACTICES OF LITERACY AND LITERACY

Revista Gênero e Interdisciplinaridade, 2023
This scientific bibliographical article aims to propose a conceptual and practical panorama between literacy and literacy methods. Therefore, the conditions of practices and uses of these will be considered, in the school context of children in the literacy process and in the daily lives of individuals, that is, the social practices recurrent in people’
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Copyright Literacy Among the Literacies in Hungary

2018
This paper paints a picture of the views on copyright literacy in Hungary. The Hungarian Library and Information Science (LIS) community has been introduced to varied literacies, mainly in their native language. The best-known literacy is information literacy, but step-by-step other literacies appear in Hungarian journal and conference papers.
Tibor Koltay, Ferenc Jávorszky, Péter Murányi   +2 more
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Literacy and computer literacy: Definitions and comparisons

Computers & Education, 1996
Abstract This paper analyzes the prevailing definitions of literacy and computer literacy. It is shown that similar factors confound our understanding of both these terms. In addition we argue that the term computer literacy is highly inappropriate.
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