08 September 2011 | General, ISCH
International Literacy Day
8 September 2011 is the International Day of Literacy. UNESCO uses this day to remind the international community of the status of literacy and adult learning globally. Currently, one in five adults is still not literate.
UNESCO is dedicated to keeping literacy high on the agendas of all national, regional and international stakeholders. The link between low literacy levels and poverty is universally accepted: the power to read and write is a means for social and human development. The implications are far-reaching – literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace and democracy.
Yet despite many and varied efforts, some 796 million adults lack minimum literacy skills which means that about one in six adults is still not literate. COST Action IS0703 ‘The European Research Network on Learning to Write Effectively’ (ERN-LWE) realises the importance of literacy and its role in our aim for a sustainable future. This Action in particular focuses on the skill of writing.
The Action highlighted the diversity of educational systems and languages; and the importance of building a common multidisciplinary research programme. The main objective of the Action was to improve our understanding of how written production is mastered and how this learning process can be made more effective for each and every European citizen.
The Action incorporated 106 members across 22 countries and one of its core objectives was to provide a series of practical recommendations to practitioners, thereby having a direct impact on learning methodologies and results.
Information
International Literacy Day
International Literacy Day on Facebook
COST Action IS0703
The European Research Network on Learning to Write Effectively (ERN-LWE)
