Trzy dekady badań kompetencji informacyjnych ludności
Three decades of information literacy surveys
Author(s): Maja Rynko, Marta PalczyńskaSubject(s): Social Sciences, Media studies, Social history, Theory of Communication, Social Informatics, Sociology of Culture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), ICT Information and Communications Technologies, Sociology of Education
Published by: Szkoła Wyższa Psychologii Społecznej
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents the history of adult literacy surveys and the evolution of their scope and of the skills they measured. It provides the summary of skills regarded as key for individuals to participate in society at the time of each survey. The article begins with the examination of pioneer surveys in the United States and Canada in the 1980s and describes the development of widely discussed international projects such as IALS, ALL and PIAAC. The paper also discusses the methodology of the surveys, focusing on those aspects which ensure comparability of the results between various studies and allow researchers to study trends. Moreover, it analyzes the results of the international literacy surveys in different countries with special emphasis on Poland.
Journal: Kultura Popularna
- Issue Year: 41/2014
- Issue No: 03
- Page Range: 18-31
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish