Hladczuk's bibliography on literacy, which is the most
comprehensive literacy/illiteracy bibliography available, covers
every literacy `issue' currently in existence, including
technological and mathematical literacy, aliteracy, and job
literacy. Organized into 37 subject-oriented chapters, this
bibliography provides approximately 3,000 citations. Most are dated
from 1980 to the present. Although this work is a companion volume
to Literacy/Illiteracy in the World. . . it can definitely stand
alone. Author and subject indexes complete the volume. . . . Very
highly recommended for all college and university collections.
Choice Increasing modernization and the technological explosion
have lead to redefinitions, new understandings, and an expansion of
the concept of literacy. In previous eras, literacy quite simply,
meant the ability to read, to be functionally literate. But that
definition of literacy--functional literacy--is now one of many
that refer to increasingly specialized ways of being literate such
as scientific literacy, cultural literacy, computer literacy, and
visual literacy among others. Computer literacy and technological
literacy were first listed as descriptions by ERIC in 1982 and the
recent best seller Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to
Know focused attention on an enlarged understanding of what it
means to be literate and urged schools to teach cultural content to
produce culturally literate citizens. This comprehensive
dictionary, a companion volume to the compilers'
Literacy/Illiteracy in the World (Greenwood, 1989) which deals with
the subject of literacy organized along the lines of international
and national research, has been organized on a straightforward,
user-friendly plan with the issues in literacy/illiteracy arranged
alphabetically to facilitate logical use. Following the compilers'
introduction, 37 sections beginning with adult literacy and ending
with women and literacy, address such issues as aliteracy,
biliteracy, computer literacy, evaluation of literacy, graphic
literacy, right to read programs, and much more. Serious
researchers will cross-check not only within the areas of this
bibliography but also in the companion volume. Educators,
especially those teaching methods courses and seminars to would-be
teachers, and professionals in many of the areas treated by this
bibliography will find that this trailblazing reference contains a
wealth of source materials. This important bibliographical
contribution deserves a place in every college and university
library as well as in local public libraries across the U.S.
Entires are arranged alphabetically by author and in the case of
multiple citations by author, the citations are listed
chronologically for that author. Where an author has had 2 or more
publications in a year, the citations for that year are listed
alphabetically by title. Citations are also listed according to the
number of authors in a manner that provides easy access to the
information. Each item has been numbered consecutively and is
referred to by number in the Subject Index which has been compiled
not only on the basis of title, but also based on the information
contained in the reference. The author's introduction serves as a
concise, fact-filled overview of this important and timely subject.
Students and scholars in the medical field, as well as alcohol
counselors and others dealing with pregnancy or the affected
children will find this resource invaluable.
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