literacy
Let an agent explain literacy and its extended forms, present literacy data and policy with sources, support teaching and adult literacy, and describe literacy in the digital age.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What literacy is.
Concept
Definitions.
Concept
Concept.
- How is literacy defined, from basic reading and writing to functional and extended literacies? definition
- Is media, data, digital or another literacy meant? boundary
Extended
Extended literacies.
Extended
Extended literacies.
- What are media literacy, data literacy, ICT literacy and metaliteracy, and why do they matter? definition
- Which entry fits a specific literacy? action
Teach Teaching literacy.
Children
Early literacy.
Children
Early literacy.
- What does research say about effective reading instruction, such as phonics and comprehension, and how are debates attributed? provenance
- How can parents support early literacy? action
Adults
Adult literacy.
Adults
Adult literacy.
- Which adult literacy services and approaches exist here, and how can someone access them without stigma? provenance
- How is multilingual literacy supported? provenance
Data Literacy in the world.
Statistics
Literacy statistics.
Statistics
Statistics.
- What are literacy rates here and worldwide, according to official and international data, and how are they measured? provenance
- What are the limits of the data? boundary
Policy
Policy and goals.
Policy
Policy.
- Which policies and international goals target literacy, and what does evidence say about their effectiveness? provenance
- Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary
Digital Literacy today.
Media
Media and information literacy.
Media
Media literacy.
- How can media and information literacy be taught to recognise misinformation? action
- Which frameworks exist? provenance
History
History of literacy.
History
History.
- How did literacy spread historically, and how did printing and schooling change it? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.KNW
- Other names and narrower kinds
- media literacy, Multimodal media literacy, data literacy, multilingual literacy, ICT literacy, Metaliteracy, visual literacy, Environmental literacy, technical literacy, news literacy, AI literacy, quantitative literacy
What it is Filled
The ability to read and write, and by extension the competence to understand, evaluate and use information in various forms, including media literacy, data literacy, digital and ICT literacy, multilingual literacy and metaliteracy; literacy is a foundational skill and a basic study subject, measured in surveys and promoted by education and development policy.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain literacy and its extended forms, present literacy data and policy with sources, support teaching and adult literacy, and describe literacy in the digital age.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Foundational skill
- Extended senses
- Measured and targeted
- Lifelong
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Shame or stigmatise people who cannot read or write well.
- Compare literacy statistics defined in different ways as if they were equivalent.
- Exploit low literacy to get consent for agreements a person cannot read.
- Use literacy as a proxy for intelligence or worth.
Only with a human decision
- Decisions that assess a person's literacy, such as in hiring or education.
May
- Report literacy rates with their source, year and definition.
- Offer information in plain language and other formats for people with low literacy.
Moral aspects Filled
- Low literacy limits access to rights, services and work.
- Many people hide low literacy because of stigma.
Who is affected
- People with low literacy
- Learners and teachers
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; education authorities and statistics offices report on it.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q116671462 - registry parent class
- Q205961 - registry parent class
related
- skill - category
- basic study subject - category
- alphabet - writing systems
- news - media literacy
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.literacy
- Wikidata: Q8236 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8236)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Ability to read and write
- Extended to media, data and digital forms
- Numeracy is the parallel skill with numbers
- Not physical; a skill demonstrated in reading, writing and using information.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain literacy and its forms
- present literacy data and policy
- support teaching and adult literacy
- describe digital and media literacy
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Stigma around low literacy
- Inaccurate literacy statistics
- Confusing literacy senses
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Education curricula and standards
- International literacy assessments
- Development goals on literacy
Context of use required Filled
- Reading, writing and information competence.
- basic reading and writing literacy
- functional and adult literacy
- media and information literacy
- data, digital and ICT literacy
- multilingual literacy and metaliteracy
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q8236: literacy - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Literacy - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each extended literacy be a separate entry?
- How should assessment data be linked?
- How should adult literacy services be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q8236/spec.json