World literacy : how countries rank and why it matters / John W. Miller and Michael C. McKenna.
This book reports on research that takes a new approach to examining literacy. In addition to considering PIRLS and PISA scores, it also looks at literate behaviours and supporting resources, organizing them into five categories: libraries, newspapers, education inputs and outputs, and computer availability. Population is used to establish per capita ratios. It then ranks 61 countries according to these indicators.
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- ISBN: 9781138909557 (hardback)
- ISBN: 9781138909564 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: viii, 220 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Routledge, 2016.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Keys to the kingdom: the long struggle for literacy -- What is literacy? the challenge of framing the problem -- The rise and decline of measured reading ability: national winners and losers -- The crisis of elementary schooling: literacy's training ground -- The crisis of secondary and post-secondary schooling: literacy's practice field and proving ground -- Supporting literate cultures: the past, present, and future of libraries, bookstores, and newspapers -- Skill versus will: important lessons for policy -- Are books obsolete? examining trends in media use -- Overcoming the SES/literacy relationships: making exceptions the rule -- The future of the knowledge-based economy and change in the world order. |
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Subject: | Literacy. Reading. |
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Decoda Literacy Library | 302.2244 M55 2016 (Text) | 35410000055343 | General Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |