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World Literacy

Author : John W. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317437977
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book World Literacy written by John W. Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International literacy assessments have provided ample data for ranking nations, charting growth, and casting blame. Summarizing the findings of these assessments, which afford a useful vantage from which to view world literacy as it evolves, this book examines literate behavior worldwide, in terms of both the ability of populations from a wide variety of nations to read and the practice of literate behavior in those nations. Drawing on The World’s Most Literate Nations, author Jack Miller’s internationally released study, emerging trends in world literacy and their relationships to political, economic, and social factors are explored. Literacy, and in particular the practice of literate behaviors, is used as a lens through which to view countries’ economic development, gender equality, resource utilization, and ethnic discrimination. Above all, this book is about trajectories. It begins with historical contexts, described in terms of support for literate cultures. Based on a variety of data sources, these trends are traced to the present and then projected ahead. The literate futures of nations are discussed and how these relate to their economic and sociocultural development. This book is unique in providing a broader perspective on an intractable problem, a vantage point that offers useful insights to inform policy, and in bringing together an array of relevant data sources not typically associated with literacy status.

Toward A Literate World

Author : Edward Palmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000009246
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Toward A Literate World written by Edward Palmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-04-17 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents the creation and evaluation of the Al Manaahil television series, which set out to teach Arabic language and reading skills to Arab children of elementary-school age. It also discusses the economics of television in education.

Progress toward a Literate World

Author : Amber Gove
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111940861X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Progress toward a Literate World written by Amber Gove and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to work toward eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, the United Nations Millennium Development Goals significantly include universal primary education, gender equality, and empowering women. Effective early literacy instruction plays a critical role in achieving these goals. From around the globe, this issue presents evidence-based, culturally sensitive and cost-effective practices in reading instruction and intervention in the early grades. Not only will this issue heighten awareness of the challenges faced but it will provide valuable information to help guide and improve diverse global education programs and research, especially in developing regions and for children living in poverty or disadvantage in all nations. Presenting several experiences from small- and large-scale reading improvement programs, it: Focuses on low- and middle-income countries, Describes challenges in implementing, studying, and scaling them up, Informs expectations on how quickly and easily reading performance can change, and Provides results and evidence of effectiveness. This is the 155th volume in this Jossey-Bass series New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. Its mission is to provide scientific and scholarly presentations on cutting edge issues and concepts in this subject area. Each volume focuses on a specific new direction or research topic and is edited by experts from that field.

Math with Bad Drawings

Author : Ben Orlin
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0316509027
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Math with Bad Drawings written by Ben Orlin and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its myriad uses, its strange symbols, and the wild leaps of logic and faith that define the usually impenetrable work of the mathematician. Truth and knowledge come in multiple forms: colorful drawings, encouraging jokes, and the stories and insights of an empathetic teacher who believes that math should belong to everyone. Orlin shows us how to think like a mathematician by teaching us a brand-new game of tic-tac-toe, how to understand an economic crises by rolling a pair of dice, and the mathematical headache that ensues when attempting to build a spherical Death Star. Every discussion in the book is illustrated with Orlin's trademark "bad drawings," which convey his message and insights with perfect pitch and clarity. With 24 chapters covering topics from the electoral college to human genetics to the reasons not to trust statistics, Math with Bad Drawings is a life-changing book for the math-estranged and math-enamored alike.

Science Literacy

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309447569
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Science Literacy written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is a way of knowing about the world. At once a process, a product, and an institution, science enables people to both engage in the construction of new knowledge as well as use information to achieve desired ends. Access to scienceâ€"whether using knowledge or creating itâ€"necessitates some level of familiarity with the enterprise and practice of science: we refer to this as science literacy. Science literacy is desirable not only for individuals, but also for the health and well- being of communities and society. More than just basic knowledge of science facts, contemporary definitions of science literacy have expanded to include understandings of scientific processes and practices, familiarity with how science and scientists work, a capacity to weigh and evaluate the products of science, and an ability to engage in civic decisions about the value of science. Although science literacy has traditionally been seen as the responsibility of individuals, individuals are nested within communities that are nested within societiesâ€"and, as a result, individual science literacy is limited or enhanced by the circumstances of that nesting. Science Literacy studies the role of science literacy in public support of science. This report synthesizes the available research literature on science literacy, makes recommendations on the need to improve the understanding of science and scientific research in the United States, and considers the relationship between scientific literacy and support for and use of science and research.

Ecological Literacy

Author : Michael K. Stone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578051533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Ecological Literacy written by Michael K. Stone and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A network of educational reformers reports on projects that are equipping today's children with the tools of ecological consciousness and systems thinking that will help humankind live more sustainably on the Earth tomorrow.

Mastering Global Literacy

Author : Heidi Hayes Jacobs
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
ISBN 13 : 1936764598
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Mastering Global Literacy written by Heidi Hayes Jacobs and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2013-11-27 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover how educators can cultivate globally literate learners while becoming globally connected themselves. The authors explore ways to bring global issues into the classroom and personalize them using new digital tools. Find strategies for implementing global-awareness studies into the traditional school curriculum, as well as creating new types of 21st century learning environments.

Orality and Literacy

Author : Walter J. Ong
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134461615
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Orality and Literacy written by Walter J. Ong and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology. In the course of his study, Walter J. Ong offers fascinating insights into oral genres across the globe and through time, and examines the rise of abstract philosophical and scientific thinking. He considers the impact of orality-literacy studies not only on literary criticism and theory but on our very understanding of what it is to be a human being, conscious of self and other. This is a book no reader, writer or speaker should be without.

The Making of Literate Societies

Author : David R. Olson
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631227434
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (274 download)

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Download or read book The Making of Literate Societies written by David R. Olson and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 2001-08-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a systematic analysis of the role of literacy in social development, and advances a set of directions that governments and other agencies should take in designing their literacy programmes.

A Literate World

Author : John Fox
Publisher : Unesco
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Literate World written by John Fox and published by Unesco. This book was released on 1991 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This booklet is based on information shared at the 42nd session of the International Conference on Education held in Geneva, Switzerland, in September 1990. Sources include speeches, working documents, final reports, questionnaire replies, national reports, and other publications produced especially for the meetings. The booklet was produced as a follow-up activity to the World Conference on Education for All held in March 1990 in Jomtien, Thailand. Articles in the publication include the following: "Illiteracy: The Problem"; "What Is Literacy?"; "Reaching the Underprivileged"; "Helping Women and Girls"; "How to Motivate Learners"; "Organizing and Planning"; "Partnerships for Literacy"; "A Glossary of Literacy Terms"; "A Question of Cost"; "What to Teach and How to Teach It";"Questions of Culture and Language"; "Teaching the Teachers"; "Literacy and After"; "Evaluation and Research"; "Where to Go for Help"; and "International Cooperation and Aid." (KC)

Literate Education in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds

Author : Teresa Morgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521584661
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Literate Education in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds written by Teresa Morgan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an assessment of the content, structures and significance of education in Greek and Roman society. Drawing on a wide range of evidence, including the first systematic comparison of literary sources with the papyri from Graeco-Roman Egypt, Teresa Morgan shows how education developed from a loose repertoire of practices in classical Greece into a coherent system spanning the Hellenistic and Roman worlds. She examines the teaching of literature, grammar and rhetoric across a range of social groups and proposes a model of how the system was able both to maintain its coherence and to accommodate pupils' widely different backgrounds, needs and expectations. In addition Dr Morgan explores Hellenistic and Roman theories of cognitive development, showing how educationalists claimed to turn the raw material of humanity into good citizens and leaders of society.

PISA 21st-Century Readers Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264670971
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book PISA 21st-Century Readers Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literacy in the 21st century is about constructing and validating knowledge. Digital technologies have enabled the spread of all kinds of information, displacing traditional formats of usually more carefully curated information such as encyclopaedias and newspapers.

The Smartest Book in the World

Author : Greg Proops
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476747067
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Smartest Book in the World written by Greg Proops and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bold, beloved comic and podcast star Greg Proops comes a “terrifically random appreciation of cultural touchstones” (Publishers Weekly) that is electrifying, thought-provoking, and unrelenting, full of rapid-fire references, historical name-checking, Satchel Paige bon mots, and genuine wisdom. Greg Proops is an internationally renowned comedian, best known for starring on the hit improv-comedy show Whose Line Is It Anyway? and for his popular award-winning podcast, “The Smartest Man in the World,” which Rolling Stone called “some of the boldest comedy on the podcasting frontier right now.” But Proops is also a fountain of historical knowledge, a wealth of pop culture trivia, and a generally charming know-it-all. The Smartest Book in the World is a rollicking reference guide to the most essential areas of knowledge in Proops’s universe, from history’s juiciest tales and curious backstories to the movies you must see and the albums you must hear. Full of eclectic and humorous knowledge, it is a concentrated collection and comic cultural dictionary of the essential Proops topics including poetry, proper punctuation, and Satchel Paige, all delivered with his signature style, making the full Proops experience complete. So if you’re stuck wondering why Alexander was so Great (well, he did conquer the world), which cinema bombshell would be the best shortstop (Hedy Lamarr, of course), what great work of art would be the best to steal (not that you would), or the finest way to prepare vodka-flavored vodka (add vodka), don’t fret, pumpkin butter—The Smartest Book in the World has what you need right now.

Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel

Author : Christopher A. Rollston
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589831071
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)

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Download or read book Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel written by Christopher A. Rollston and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2010 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Literate South

Author : Beth Barton Schweiger
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300245394
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book A Literate South written by Beth Barton Schweiger and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A provocative examination of literacy in the American South before emancipation, countering the long-standing stereotype of the South’s oral tradition Schweiger complicates our understanding of literacy in the American South in the decades just prior to the Civil War by showing that rural people had access to a remarkable variety of things to read. Drawing on the writings of four young women who lived in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Schweiger shows how free and enslaved people learned to read, and that they wrote and spoke poems, songs, stories, and religious doctrines that were circulated by speech and in print. The assumption that slavery and reading are incompatible—which has its origins in the eighteenth century—has obscured the rich literate tradition at the heart of Southern and American culture.

Toward a Literate World

Author : Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780367214265
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Toward a Literate World written by Taylor & Francis Group and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Literacy Skills Builder

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781578616329
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book Early Literacy Skills Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apply the "science" of reading to students with moderate-to-severe developmental disabilities, including autismThe Early Literacy Skills Builder program incorporates systematic instruction to teach both print and phonemic awareness. ELSB is a multi-year program with seven distinct levels and ongoing assessments so students progress at their own pace.Five years of solid research have been completed through the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, proving ELSB to be a highly effective literacy program and more effective than a sight-word only program. ELSB is based upon the principles of systematic and direct instruction. It incorporates scripted lessons, least-prompt strategies, teachable objectives, built-in lesson repetition, and ongoing assessments. The seven ELSB levels contain five structured lessons each. All students begin at Level 1. If a student struggles here, go back and administer Level A. Instruction is one-on-one or in small groups. Teach scripted lessons daily in two 30-minute sessions. On the completion of each level, formal assessments are given. ELSB includes everything you need to implement a multi-year literacy curriculum.