Kinds+of+Literacy

= [|Kinds Of Literacy] = There are many kinds of literacy. Reading, Writing, and Numeracy are common examples.

Here are 26 kinds of literacy I found digging around on the net.

-- [|JonGrover]
 * Notes:**
 * 1) The numbers are the number of hits I got for each term in Google.
 * 2) Most of my searches were on 7/25/2002.
 * 3) ~ stands for 'literacy'.
 * Conclusions:**
 * 1) There are about thirty recognized kinds of literacy.
 * 2) About two thirds of the time literacy is mentioned it means reading / writing.
 * 3) Basic, Computer, and Information Literacy and Numeracy are discussed the most.
 * 4) Philosophical and Medical Literacy are discussed the least.
 * 5) The concept of ICT means that many of these literacies overlap. ICT stands for Information, Computer, and [|Technology] literacy
 * 6) All of these kinds of literacy are important.
 * 7) It seems that...
 * Seven of them are 'new' kinds of literacy: Digital, Information, Musical, Orality, Technological, Computer, and Visual.
 * Five of them are Textual literacy based: (L)
 * Five of them are for practical living (P)
 * Seven of them are subject based (S)
 * Two of them are based on modern political correctness (C)