caa a22 4500 475743482 CHVBK 20180406123506.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1004185632315 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1004185632315 Bernardo Allan College of Education, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 1004, Manila, Philippines aut On Defining and Developing Literacy across Communities [Elektronische Daten] [Allan Bernardo] The paper attempts to raise a few issues relating to the task of defining and operationalizing literacy and literacy development across communities with diverse socio-economic profiles. In particular, the following concerns are raised: (1) Can literacy development be assessed using one set of domains, given that the domains of literacy practices vary across cultures? (2) Does the acquisition of literacy skills mean the same thing to people across different communities? (3) Does illiteracy have the same consequences for people in different communities? (4) Is the process of literacy acquisition and development the same across diverse communities? The paper underscores the importance of considering the diverse socio-economic patterns in different communities in trying to determine present levels of literacy development and in proposing programs to increase levels of literacy skill. It also proposes using the level of community (in addition to the macro-level of nation-state and the micro-level of individual) in analyzing matters relating to literacy development. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 455-465 0020-8566 46:5<455 2000 46 11159 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004185632315 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1004185632315 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bernardo Allan College of Education, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 1004, Manila, Philippines aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Review of Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 46/5(2000-09-01), 455-465 0020-8566 46:5<455 2000 46 11159 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer