The Invention of Counting: The Statistical Measurement of Literacy in Nineteenth-Century England

Autor/in	Vincent, David
Titel	The Invention of Counting: The Statistical Measurement of Literacy in Nineteenth-Century England
Quelle	In: Comparative Education, 50 (2014) 3, S.266-281 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0068
DOI	10.1080/03050068.2014.921372
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Literacy; Statistical Analysis; Measurement; History; Computation; Tables (Data); Illiteracy; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Statistische Analyse; Messverfahren; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Tabelle; Analphabetismus
Abstract	This article examines the invention of counting literacy on a national basis in nineteenth-century Britain. Through an analysis of Registrar Generals' reports, it describes how the early statisticians wrestled with the implications of their new-found capacity to describe a nation's communications skills in a single table and how they were unable to escape their model of a society of isolated individuals divided into the literate and illiterate. The continuing influence of this approach is traced in the recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIACC). (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10