Introduction to 21st Century Literacies Flashcards
refer to certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving that advocates believe schools need to teach to help.
21ST CENTURY SKILLS
critical in helping us make sense of our world.
LITERACY
stems from the word literate
LITERACY
from Latin word literratus “(a person) marked with letters”
LITERACY
-thought as reading and writing.
-ability, confidence, and willingness to engage with language to acquire, construct, and communicate meaning in all aspects of daily living.
LITERACY.
explained as socially and culturally constructed system of communication.
LANGUAGE
Conventional concept of literacy into three subcategories (WHO IS THE FEMALE)
MILLER (1973)
-ability to correspond visual shapes to spoken sounds in order to decode written materials and translate them into oral language.
-ability to recognize letter and words.
BASIC LITERACY
ability to understand the meaning of what is being read.
COMPREHENSIVE LITERACY
practical set needed to read, write, and do math for real-life purposes, so people can function effectively in their community.
FUNCTIONAL/PRACTICAL LITERACY
researches education, science, and communication.
UNESCO
Two things for reading to exist:
(1) a text
(2) meaning or message
creative ways of problem solving and expressed through the production of various art works.
ARTS AND CREATIVE LITERACY
acquiring knowledge about climate change, pollution, loss of natural habitats and biodiversity as well as the impacts of environmental problems on human lives.
ECOLITERACY
-competency is based on the reality that societies and workplaces have now become more information-driven.
-workplaces of the 21st century rely heavily on electronic (digital forms) of data storage and management as well as in the area of communication.
CYBER/DIGITAL LITERACY
