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Narrative Competence and the Enhancement of Literacy

Seminar.net, 2005
This essay argues for narrative competence as an underlying skill neglected in educational policy makers’ calls for enhanced literacy through improved reading, writing, numeracy and working with digital technology. This argument is presented in three parts.
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Re‐thinking teachers' professional development: An analysis of National Professional Qualifications for school leaders in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers how teachers' professional development could be redeveloped to help address the current crisis in teacher recruitment and retention by offering greater intellectual rigour and more opportunities for intellectual growth. Our analysis is focused on the UK government's current policy for leadership development in schools in
Mark Innes, Elizabeth Gregory, Louisa Dawes   +2 more
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Evolutionary literacy as a catalyst for sustainable futures: connecting biological evolution education and education for sustainability

Evolution: Education and Outreach
In the face of growing societal, public health and environmental challenges linked to the functioning of the biosphere, strong evolutionary literacy emerges as indispensable to plan and achieve sustainable futures.
Patrícia Pessoa, J. Bernardino Lopes, Joelyn de Lima, Alexandre Pinto, Peter Søgaard Jørgensen, Xana Sá-Pinto   +5 more
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Objective measurement of AI literacy: Development and validation of the AI competency objective scale (AICOS)

Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly pervasive in everyday life, AI literacy is widely recognized as a set of essential competencies for navigating AI-driven environments safely, responsibly, and effectively.
André Markus, Astrid Carolus, Carolin Wienrich   +2 more
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The Predictive Power of Visual Literacy Competence for Digital Literacy

e-International Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This study aimed to investigate how pre-service Turkish teachers’ visual literacy competencies could predict their digital literacy. The research employed a quantitative approach with a relational screening model. The study group consisted of 207 pre-service teachers studying in the Department of Turkish Language Teaching at a university in northern ...
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Learning to ‘be’ an activist: Exploring the relationship between activism and informal education in a youth activism group case study

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Young people in the United States (and beyond) access spaces for activism in varied ways, including the out‐of‐school time sector, where youth activism (YA) groups draw on informal learning pedagogies to engage young people in collective action.
Laura Weiner
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The Evolution of a Testing Tool for Measuring Undergraduate Information Literacy Skills in the Online Environment

Communications in Information Literacy, 2010
The construction and validity of an assessment tool mapped to objectives in a high enrollment credit-bearing information literacy course delivered primarily online is the focus of this article.
Elizabeth Mulherrin, Husein Abdul-Hamid
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Civilising pedagogies: An ethnography of instructional and regulative discourses in government schools in Delhi, India

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the years, surveys and data on learning outcomes have consistently shown inadequate levels of learning in schools in India, witnessing a further decline in recent years. Studies within the sociology of education have consistently highlighted the overarching role of class and caste on learning outcomes in schools. Neoliberal policy reforms
Akshita Rawat
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Literacy and numeracy skills and labour market outcomes in Australia [PDF]

, 2014
Australian adults are above the OECD average in literacy but only average in numeracy, according to a staff paper released by the Productivity Commission.
Anthony Shomos, Matthew Forbes
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Information Literacy Assessment: Where do we start?

, 2009
Interest in developing ways to assess information literacy has been growing for several years. Many librarians have developed their own tools to assess aspects of information literacy and have written articles to share their experiences.
Walsh, Andrew
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