Editorial
We are constantly being reminded by governments and the media that we now live in a globalised economy and in order to compete we need a highly educated workforce. In this context, literacy and numeracy skills are not only used as international benchmarks to record a nation’s competitiveness and wel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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UTS ePRESS
2011-04-01
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| Series: | Literacy and Numeracy Studies |
| Online Access: | https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/lnj/article/view/2023 |
| Summary: | We are constantly being reminded by governments and the media that we now live in a globalised economy and in order to compete we need a highly educated workforce. In this context, literacy and numeracy skills are not only used as international benchmarks to record a nation’s
competitiveness and wellbeing, but these skills are also deemed to be fundamental to employment. A lack of, or inadequate literacy and numeracy, means to be marginalised, that is, barred from access to new forms of knowledge and new modes of thinking. |
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| ISSN: | 1441-0559 1839-2903 |