Literacy Of People Research Articles

ALFABETIZAÇÃO DE ESTUDANTES CEGOS: O QUE REVELA A PRODUÇÃO PERIÓDICA NACIONAL?

ABSTRACT: This review article catalogs and analyzes Brazilian scientific articles on blind people's literacy. To this end, we carried out a systematic search by subject on the Portal de Periódicos of the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). As a corpus for analysis, we found only seven national scientific articles published between 2007 and 2022 in different journals, without any identifiable patterns regarding their insertion, frequency, and bibliographic dissemination. Amongst them, only three are indexed in the Scielo database. The articles, in short, show the relevance of Braille for blind learners' initial learning of reading and writing. However, their samples present limited and reduced data, mainly due to the small number of blind participants. The space-time of the inclusive standard class was absent from the articles, which mainly dealt with institutions or specialized contexts. In addition, the authors' research contexts and institutions are concentrated in the Brazilian Southeast-South regions. Furthermore, theoretical-methodological insufficiencies persist in scientific research communication. Therefore, we recommend new and broader studies exploring the interfaces between literacy and blindness in Brazil, with the dissemination of their results in scientific journals.

IMPLEMENTATION OF TWO LANGUAGE CHATBOT WEB TO FIND INFORMATION ON BATIK USING THE ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL

Information technology plays an important role in the progress of a country in order to disseminate information massively and make it easier for the public to obtain information. Currently, the development of information technology continues to innovate, such as with the existence of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This research will discuss AI technology, namely the BatikInd chatbot with the artificial neural network (ANN) method, which aims to make it easier for people to find information about the types of batik that, exist in all regions of Indonesia. The design of the ANN method for making chatbots uses hundreds of sentences to be processed into a database of information about the types of batik and explanations about the batik you want to find. Database processing with epochs reaching 200 produces an accuracy rate of 1.0 (100%) which means the accuracy rate is very good and the error rate reaches 0.03 (0%) which means the error rate is very low. The results of a very good level of accuracy and a very low error rate indicate that this AI can function properly and is feasible to use. It is hoped that with information technology like this, it will make it easier for people to find information about batik and can increase people's literacy and knowledge about batik in all regions of Indonesia.

How are CAM Practices known, Perceived, and Used by People: Narrative Review of the Literacy, Attitude and Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Among Adults

Background: Patients throughout the world frequently use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), especially to treat chronic or untreatable diseases. Since the standards for many chronic illnesses have shifted dramatically, researches have shown that many healthcare providers include integrative and holistic approach in their treatment programs. Therefore, this study evaluates people's literacy, attitudes, and usage of CAM modalities in the current setting. Methods: The thorough narrative review presented is carried out utilizing six computerized databases: Taylor & Francis Online, Research Gate, Frontiers, ScienceDirect, BioMed Central, and PubMed. The key word used for the search was Complementary and alternate medicine (CAM). The results were collected and subjected to content analysis. Results: The current data show that people who are employed, younger, and female likely to be more knowledgeable, have better attitudes, and use CAM frequently. Friends and family are the most frequent sources of knowledge about CAM. Conclusion: Further study is needed in this area due to the lack of studies that address CAM literacy and attitudes.

Psychometric properties of Persian version of depression literacy (D-Lit) questionnaire among general population

BackgroundThe prevalence of depression in society is increasing and there is a need for a suitable tool to assess the health literacy of people in this field. This study was conducted to evaluate the psychometric of the Iranian version of the depression literacy (D-Lit) questionnaire.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted on 845 participants with a proportional stratified sampling method. First, the translation and cultural adaptation of questionnaire was performed. Then, the validity of D-Lit was assessed by face validity, content validity, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The reliability of D-Lit was assessed by the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and McDonald omega coefficient.ResultsBased on the results of EFA, 5 factors emerged with eigenvalues of greater than 1, which accounted for 56.30% of the variance. Based on the results of CFA, one question was deleted and the results of goodness fit indexes confirmed the model. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient and McDonald omega coefficient for D-Lit questionnaire were 0.890 and 0.891, respectively. Finally, D-Lit questionnaire with 21 questions and 5 subscales of Knowledge of the psychological symptoms (5 items), Knowledge about the effectiveness of available treatment methods (4 items), Knowledge about cognitive-behavioral symptoms (6 items), Knowledge about taking medications and their side effects (4 items), and Knowledge of the severity of the disease (2 items) were confirmed.ConclusionThe results of this psychometric evaluation confirmed the Persian version of D-Lit questionnaire with 21 questions and 5 subscales is an appropriate tool for measuring people's literacy about depression.

Program Pelatihan Digitalisasi Media Literasi Untuk Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra di Kota Tegal Jawa Tengah

The literacy activities of Tegal Municipality society show significant development where the government pays attention to the people by providing literacy facilities and programs. The people are also active in producing literary works and texts that can be used for language learning. On the other hand, advances in digital technology have not been widely utilized for the development of this potential. Therefore, UPS Tegal collaborates with Poddium to develop the digitalization of literacy media for language and literature education to create an Independent Learning-Independent Campus ecosystem. The purpose of transforming people's works from text to audio format is that these works can reach wider audience to improve the people's literacy. This program involved 17 lecturers, 70 students, and 2 literacy communities. Students are given trainings of script selection, audiobook and podcast production, and product distribution. Then, students are supervised to produce 20 audiobooks and 50 podcasts which are then uploaded to the Poddium's application. The target beneficiaries of this product can access the application for free for the first 6 months, namely students, schools, libraries, and people in general. This program was supported by the government through Matching Fund of Kedaireka from the Directorate General of Higher Education in 2021.

PARTISIPASI CITIZEN JOURNALIST DALAM MENULIS BERITA DI KOMPASIANA.COM

Technology increasingly developing in addition to making it easier for humans to live their lives also encourages changes in society. So far, people who have only been media consumers can now produce messages or act as journalists. Usually they are referred to as citizen journalists or citizen journalists. This study discusses Citizen Journalist Participation in News Writing at Kompasiana.com. The purpose of this study is to understand the participation of citizen journalists in writing news on Kompasiana.com. This study uses a qualitative approach and the type of descriptive research. The method used is a case study. The results of this study indicate that the participation of citizen journalists in writing news at Kompasiana.com is driven by their desire to voice their thoughts and continue to train their writing skills as an effort to self-actualize. The factors behind their participation in writing news on Kompasiana.com are their passion or interest in writing, experience factors and other supporting factors that cause people to participate, namely the existence of k-werds or gifts for writers in Kompasiana.com. The implications that are felt when involved in citizen journalism are wider knowledge and sharper and more critical analytical blades in looking at an issue, as well as being able to improve people's literacy and writing skills.

ӘЛИХАН БӨКЕЙХАН АУДАРҒАН АНТОН ЧЕХОВТІҢ «ХАМЕЛЕОН» ӘҢГІМЕСІ (САЛЫСТЫРМАЛЫ ТАЛДАУ)

The article artistically analyzes the story of the Alash intellectual Alikhan Bukeikhan "Chameleon", translated by him from the Russian classic writer A. P. Chekhov. In addition, this article examines the original style, artistic features of the translator Alikhan Bukeikhan in the translation of a work of art and his contribution to the field of translation. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Alash intelligentsia made a great contribution to the development of culture and science of the Kazakh society. They wrote textbooks from different fields of science to educate the educated generation. The Alash intelligentsia conducted cultural work on the education of the high generation, contributed to the opening of theaters and schools of the European system. They published their articles in periodicals in order to reveal people's literacy, broaden their horizons and present them with works of masterpieces of world literature. And the topic we are aiming at is the contribution of Alikhan Bokeikhan to the field of translation in Kazakh literature. Alikhan Bukeikhan is a translator who is deeply immersed in the translation business. He translated many works of art, scientific and educational works and textbooks from Russian into Kazakh. Among the listed translation works, Alikhan paid special attention to the translation of fiction. A. Bukeikhan translated stories, fables and novellas of masterpieces of world literature, published his translations on the pages of the press. He has the stories «Surta Coffee House», «Hadji Murad», «The Caucasian Prisoner», «The Sun» translated by Leo Tolstoy and Aesop, as well as «Seventy-seven Fables». He also translated into Kazakh many works of Guy de Maupassant, such as «Simon's Father», «The Old Woman Sauvage» from Fr. Wilde, «Makar's Dream» by Korolenko, «Sparrow» by Turgenev, «Kara Khanim» by Mamin-Sibirnyak, «Baymakan», «Legend of the Crimea», «Letter to Bogamet», «Death of Gere», «Azamat Yusuf» by N. Marks. In this article we analyzed the story of Alikhan Bukeikhan "Chameleon" translated by A. P. Chekhov. When comparing literary translations created by A. Bukeikhan, we have identified several features of translation characteristic of him. Alikhan Bukeikhan knew the Russian language very well as a translator; in his translation, he sought to freely translate the work of art, preserve the idea and content of the work; A. Bukeikhan translated the work in line with the Kazakh self-consciousness; he paid more attention to its spiritual influence than to the artistic specifics of the work. Literary translation in Kazakh literature, founded by Abai, Ybyray, Shakarim, was continued in the early twentieth century by such Alash intellectuals as A.Baitursynuly, A.Bokeikhan, J.Aimautuly, M.Dulatuly. Artistic translations created by A.Bukeikhan in Kazakh literature today are distinguished by their originality.

Making visible the literacy practices of elders through the day in the life methodology: considerations for literacy education across the lifespan

AbstractThis pilot study uses ‘day in the life' methodology to observe the everyday literacy practices of a self‐identified thriving elder. Through the case of one nonagenarian female residing in an assisted living community in the United States, we identified the multimodal, posthuman nature of this elder's literacies, exploring how they were connected to a sense of well‐being and the types of literacies that remain relevant across the lifespan. We further consider what the insights gained from such a study might teach about literacy education more generally. We advocate for education that keeps open people's literacy options across the lifespan through acknowledging and cultivating the myriad interrelated constituents of literacies, including the physical, social and political.

Flows of Literacy across Corporate and User-Produced Virtual Worlds

Background/Context Sociocultural research on young people's literate practices with digital media has generally focused on literacy events and practices that are grounded in distinct online locations, such as affinity spaces, specific websites, particular videogames, or virtual worlds. Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study Contemporary media landscapes have become networked to such an extent that a transmedial approach is needed to understand the social, cultural, and literate contexts that young people inhabit. Research Design In this article, we use qualitative and literary analyses of products and artifacts from the Hunger Games media franchise to explore young people's literacy practices as embedded in corporate and fan-produced transmedia ecologies. Conclusions/Recommendations Our analysis looks beyond spatial and structural boundaries to understand how flows of corporate and user-produced artifacts can shape, constrain, and expand young people's literate repertoires.

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Increasing presence of informal settlements in past decades in Iran shows the inefficiency of devices and exerted policies to encounter them in those decades. Undoubtedly the demolition of such settlements considered as a part of social-economical asset of the cities destroys economical asset of low income groups and meanwhile it is an inhuman action. Formalization of informal settlement in itself doesn't prepare better servicing conditions, increasing private investment, or resolving economical, social and cultural problems. It seems to cooperate with low income groups and take policies and perform programs toward their benefits and Strengthening them is one of directives to encounter this problem. This research is after surveying the relation between people's literacy level and the quality of their participation for Strengthening the neighborhood. Method of this research is descriptive-analytical and it uses documentary and field study and also uses “SPSS” statistical analysis method for statistical calculations and information analysis. The results show that there is a meaningful relation between people's literacy level and the quality of their participation for Strengthening the neighborhood.

Grammatical understanding, literacy and text messaging in school children and undergraduate students

Recent research has demonstrated that use of texting slang when text messaging does not appear to impact negatively on children and young people's literacy and may even benefit children's spelling ...

Grammatical understanding, literacy and text messaging in school children and undergraduate students: A concurrent analysis

Recent research has demonstrated that use of texting slang when text messaging does not appear to impact negatively on children and young people's literacy and may even benefit children's spelling attainment. However, less attention has been paid to the impact of text messaging on children's and young people's understanding of grammatical forms. This study examined the interrelationships between 243 children and undergraduate students' grammatical violations made when text messaging and their performance on assessments of spoken and written grammatical understanding, orthographic processing and conventional spelling ability. The children were found to make significantly more capitalisation and punctuation errors, and to use unconventional punctuation more frequently that the adults, when the length of their messages was taken into account. For the primary and secondary school children there was no relationship between the tendency to make grammatical violations when texting and their understanding of conventional grammar or orthography. For the young adult sample, there was some evidence of an association between the tendency to make capitalisation and punctuation errors when texting, and poorer performance in selecting the grammatically correct orthographic representation of a pseudoword. This relationship remained after controlling for individual differences in undergraduates' IQ and spelling ability. Overall, there is little evidence that ungrammatical texting behaviour is linked to grammatical understanding or knowledge of orthographic representations of language in children. However, there is some evidence that young adults' violation of grammatical conventions when texting may be linked to limited understanding of grammatically-related orthographic conventions.

Availability and readability of emergency preparedness materials for deaf and hard-of-hearing and older adult populations: issues and assessments.

A major public health challenge is to communicate effectively with vulnerable populations about preparing for disasters and other health emergencies. People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (Deaf/HH) and older adults are particularly vulnerable during health emergencies and require communications that are accessible and understandable. Although health literacy studies indicate that the readability of health communication materials often exceeds people’s literacy levels, we could find no research about the readability of emergency preparedness materials (EPM) intended for Deaf/HH and older adult populations. The objective of this study was to explore issues related to EPM for Deaf/HH and older adult populations, to assess the availability and readability of materials for these populations, and to recommend improvements. In two California counties, we interviewed staff at 14 community-based organizations (CBOs) serving Deaf/HH clients and 20 CBOs serving older adults selected from a stratified, random sample of 227 CBOs. We collected 40 EPM from 10 CBOs and 2 public health departments and 40 EPM from 14 local and national websites with EPM for the public. We used computerized assessments to test the U.S. grade reading levels of the 16 eligible CBO and health department EPM, and the 18 eligible website materials. Results showed that less than half of CBOs had EPM for their clients. All EPM intended for clients of Deaf/HH-serving CBOs tested above the recommended 4th grade reading level, and 91% of the materials intended for clients of older adult-serving CBOs scored above the recommended 6th grade level. EPM for these populations should be widely available through CBOs and public health departments, adhere to health literacy principles, and be accessible in alternative formats including American Sign Language. Developers should engage the intended users of EPM as co-designers and testers. This study adds to the limited literature about EPM for these populations.

Making Space for Place-Making Pedagogies: Stretching Normative Mandated Literacy Curriculum

In an era of normative standardised literacy curriculum continuing to make space for culturally responsive literacy pedagogy is on ongoing challenge for early childhood educators. Collaborative participatory research and ethnographic studies of teachers who accomplish innovative and inclusive early childhood education in culturally diverse high poverty communities is urgent for the profession. Such pedagogies involve complex understandings of the cultural and political histories, and the dynamic potential, of the places in which school communities are located. By incorporating the study of local histories and biographies and researching neighbourhood changes teachers adapt mandated curriculum to maintain community knowledges and allow for positive identity work at the same time as they meet the authorised systems objectives. When teachers work with children as co-researchers through the study of people's lives in particular places and times, the community and its complex histories become a rich resource for young people's literacy repertoires.

The Vocational Turn in Adult Literacy Education and the Impact of the International Adult Literacy Survey

The authors critically examine some of the underlying epistemological and theoretical assumptions of the IALS. In doing so, they distinguish among two basic orientations towards literacy. First, the standard approach (of which IALS is an example) subscribes to the possibility of measuring literacy as abstract, cognitive skills, and endorses the claim that there is an important relationship between literacy skills and economic success in the so-called 'knowledge society.' The second, called a socio-cultural approach, insists on the contextual and power-related character of people's literacy practices. The authors further illustrate that the assumptions of the IALS are rooted in a neo-liberal ideology that forces all members of society to adjust to the exigencies of the globalised economy. In the current, contingent conditions of the risk society, however, it does not seem very wise to limit the learning of adults to enhancing labour-market competencies. Adult education should relate to the concrete literacy practices people already have in their lives. It should make its learners co-responsible actors of their own learning process and participants in a democratic debate on defining the kind of society people want to build.

Border Region Government Directive on Winter Study This Year (June 3, 1944)

Subregion Commissioners and district (City) chiefs (mayors): 1. "When the days are cold and the ground's frozen, it is time to study. When flowers bloom and the water's warm, it is time to serve the peasants." These two sentences, a north Shensi proverb, explain the popular historical basis of the winter study program. Today, due to the situation of the rural villages, where economic development is inadequate and most of the inhabitants are illiterate, winter study is still an extremely important form of education. It not only expands the capacity of the schools for educating youth but also results in an increase in training schools for adult men and women and for lower-level cadres. If we wish to eliminate illiteracy, if we wish to raise cultural standards, then we must broaden the winter study movement. We have in the past operated winter study schools, and in some areas they have met with success, but because the financial status of the majority of the people had not been raised to a satisfactory level, and because the way in which we ran winter schools was in some respects faulty, the schools were unable to develop, and those in operation were unable to continue. With the great development of agricultural production in the past two years, the life of the people has improved to the point where they may be said to be well off, and labor has been gradually collectivized; the demand for literacy and the need for an increased understanding of production have at the same time grown and spread, so that favorable conditions for a winter study movement have been created. Because of this, it has been decided that beginning this year winter education will be organized each year throughout the Border Region; the slogan for this winter is "every township run one winter school." Where conditions are favorable, as many schools as possible should be run. Classes in reading should be added to the winter training program of the self-defense forces. In the future, we wish to have a winter training program in every village, so as to attain the goal of having all citizens of the Border Region, except for those past the age of fifty who are decidedly unwilling to study, able to understand 1,000 characters and thus able to read mass newspapers; cadres who cannot read or whose reading ability is limited should in particular act as the vanguard and as models for the people's literacy movement.