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  • Pismenost u selu u Sloveniji
    Knaflič, Livija ; Ileršič, Ana
    Surprisingly fast development of informational-communicational technology has resulted in a increasing number of literacy researches. Literacy is regarded as a complex skill which contains the skills ... to write, read and calculate and the skill to use a computer. In short literacy is a skill that enables a person to search for, select and use information from various sources and for various purpose. Through participation in the International Adult Literacy Survey we identified different target groups whose achievement were below international average and one of those groups were adults living in rural areas. We researched the characteristics of this target group in greater detail with intention of identifying areas in which they recognise the lack in their literacy skills and the need for literacy education. We also wanted to identify motives for enrolling in literacy programmes and education for sustainable development. Research in adult literacy showed that the lack in literacy skills affects all areas of rural populations' everyday living and that they are aware of the source of their problems - inaedequate literacy skills. One of the key information we gathered from our research was that the majority of rural population is motivated for resolving their literacy related problems. The way to better literacy leads through education. The key is to find an appealing content which will at the same time help develop literacy skills. Based on the research results and the rural employment rate we, at the Slovenian Institute for Adult Education, decided to integrate literacy skills in a programme that among other things opens possibilities for self-employment. We named the educational programme Challenges of the countryside.
    Source: Sociologija sela = Rural sociology = Sociologie rurale. - ISSN 0038-0326 (God. 44, br. 174, 2006, str. 399-415)
    Type of material - article, component part ; adult, serious
    Publish date - 2006
    Language - croatian
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1308262

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