The Human Right to Education as a Right to Literacy in Germany

Autor/in	Motakef, Mona
Titel	The Human Right to Education as a Right to Literacy in Germany
Quelle	In: Convergence, 40 (2007) 3-4, S.143-156 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-8146
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Literacy Education; Numeracy; Illiteracy; Foreign Countries; Adult Literacy; Immigrants; Access to Education; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rechenkompetenz; Analphabetismus; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Deutschland
Abstract	There are no official data, but it is estimated that four million adults in Germany have little or no reading, writing and numeracy skills, so that they are known as "functionally illiterate". This is a fact which was long ignored. In this contribution, literacy activities and research in Germany are analysed through a human rights-based approach. I argue that illiteracy in a knowledge-based society like Germany has to be understood in terms of a lack of social inclusion and participation. In Germany, the aims of the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012) have not yet been achieved. (Contains 1 table and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10