Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health.
Evidence of a social gradient in health literacy has been found in all reported national population surveys. Health literacy is a midstream determinant of health but not a panacea for health inequities created by the maldistribution of opportunity and ...
D. Nutbeam, J. Lloyd
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Globalising assessment: an ethnography of literacy assessment, camels and fast food in the Mongolian Gobi [PDF]
What happens when standardised literacy assessments travel globally? The paper presents an ethnographic account of adult literacy assessment events in rural Mongolia.
Bernstein B+17 more
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Orality and literacy : the technologizing of the word
John Hartley: Before Ongism: "To become what we want to be, we have to decide what we were" Orality & Literacy: The Technologization Of The Word Introduction Part 1: The orality of language 1. The literate mind and the oral past 2.
W. Ong
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Teacher feedback literacy and its interplay with student feedback literacy
Feedback processes are difficult to manage, and the accumulated frustrations of teachers and students inhibit the learning potential of feedback. In this conceptual paper, challenges to the development of effective feedback processes are reviewed and a ...
D. Carless, Naomi E. Winstone
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Literacy practices in the learning careers of childcare students [PDF]
This paper draws from the Literacies for Learning in Further Education research project, funded through the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. Drawing on the empirical study of literacy practices in eight Childcare courses in Scotland and England,
Edwards, Richard+8 more
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What is the meaning of health literacy? A systematic review and qualitative synthesis
The objective of this review was to clarify what health literacy represents. A systematic review with qualitative syntheses was performed (CRD42017065149). Studies concerning health literacy in all settings were included.
Chenxi Liu+7 more
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Financial literacy and retirement planning: new evidence from the Rand American Life Panel [PDF]
The present paper introduces a new dataset, the Rand American Life Panel (ALP), which offers several appealing features for an analysis of financial literacy and retirement planning.
Lusardi, Annamaria, Mitchell, Olivia S.
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Responsive Teaching and the Instructional Reasoning of Expert Elementary Mathematics Teachers
This study examines instructional reasoning in an approximation of practice that simulates a teacher sitting down after class to examine students’ written work.
Denise Lindstrom, Sarah Selmer
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Financial Literacy and Stock Market Participation
Individuals are increasingly put in charge of their financial security after retirement. Moreover, the supply of complex financial products has increased considerably over the years.
M. van Rooij, A. Lusardi, R. Alessie
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Health literacy in Europe: comparative results of the European health literacy survey (HLS-EU)
Background: Health literacy concerns the capacities of people to meet the complex demands of health in modern society. In spite of the growing attention for the concept among European health policymakers, researchers and practitioners, information about ...
K. Sørensen+14 more
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