Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eA9Fpx912235; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:51:59 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:51:59 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001701c04a66$09c1f680$4cb18dcf@ncia.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: woods@ncia.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3238] RE: What is Literacy? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1020 Lines: 23 Thanks, June and Marsha, I agree, we need to seek the context. I'm not sure a prison context is quite the one we'd want even though we're located within a prison. One definition that seems appealing to me, and one that's closely related to the one you (Marsha) provided, is that literacy is the ability to read the signs and symbols of, and to negotiate, or navigate, within the world in which one finds oneself. Turning this into a convenient "working definition" and knowing how to measure it are altogether different problems. Using this definition and asking the question you (June) did about someone who uses some sort of assistive device, I guess as long as the person is able to read the signs and symbols, and if the person is able to navigate within their world, they'd be literate in that world. In a different context, they may not, but that would be true for anyone. Anyway, thanks. I intend to look into the references you cited, and would be interested in hearing more from you and others. Tom Woods
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