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Educational Radio Broadcasting and its Effectiveness on Adult Literacy in Lagos
Sage Open, volume 11, issue 2 (2021), pp. 1-8
"Education has been identified as one of the most important ways to achieve national development. With 3 million nonliterate adults in Lagos State, the commercial nerve center of the nation, radio becomes a veritable medium to teach such adults who, for several reasons including economic, do not hav
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Guide to developing digital games for early grade literacy for developing countries
Quezon City; Washington DC: Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development; World Vision (2018), 43 pp.
Reading the Past, Writing the Future: Fifty Years of Promoting Literacy
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 92 pp.
"Reading the past, writing the future: Fifty years of promoting literacy" takes stock of youth and adult literacy interventions which have been implemented since 1966, when UNESCO held its first International Literacy Day. The publication sheds light on the literacy-related challenges the world is n
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Harnessing the Potential of ICTs: Literacy and Numeracy Programmes Using Radio, TV, Mobile Phones, Tablets and Computers. Case Studies from the UNESCO Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database (LitBase)
Deep Insights
Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2nd ed. (2016), 159 pp.
"This publication provides a selection of literacy programmes that use radio, TV, mobile phones, tablets and computers to support the development of literacy, numeracy and language skills. Due to continuous demand, the second edition of the publication has been updated with new case studies. All pro
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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone
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Developing Adult Literacy: Approaches to Planning, Implementing, and Delivering Literacy Initiatives
Oxford: Oxfam (2007), xii, 289 pp.
"The first part sets out the four key concepts of literacy (as skills, tasks, social practices, and critical reflection), and describes associated approaches used throughout the world. The second half covers preparation and planning, offering practical guides for each key element of literacy-program
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Using ICT to Develop Literacy
Bangkok: UNESCO Bangkok, ICT in Education Unit (2006), 53 pp.
New Technologies for Literacy and Adult Education: A Global Perspective
Paris: UNESCO (2005), 119 pp.
ICT and Literacy: Who Benefits? Experience from Zambia and India
Vancouver: Commonwealth of Learning (COL) (2004), xx, 109 pp.
This report records the experience of literacy workers in India and Zambia who, with support and technical assistance from COL, used modern ICTs to design, create, develop and deliver literacy programmes in the rural parts of these two Commonwealth countries over a three-year period.
Women and Media in the Middle East: Power Through Self-Expression
London; New York: Tauris (2004), viii, 248 pp.
"Is today’s changing media landscape in the Middle East empowering women? This is the first book to address the dynamics of media ecology and women’s advancement in the contemporary Middle East. The book spans both the region and media forms, from Iran’s women’s press, via Maghrebi women fil
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Reading for All in Africa: Building Communities Where Literacy Thrives
Newark, Del.: International Reading Association (2003), xvii, 178 pp.
Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, Volume 3, L-P
New York: Academic Press (2003), 29, 660 pp.
Encyclopedia of Communication and Information Vol. 2: Gay-Pol
New York et al.: Macmillan Reference, Gale Group (2001), pp. 351-713
Agenda for Development: The Future of Third World Christian Publishing
London: SPCK Publishing (1996), xv, 472 pp.
"An extensive discussion of the role of Christian publishers in book provision, and Christian publishing and book distribution in the countries of the South. It examines pertinent issues under three major areas of activity: (1) general Christian publishing, covering, for example, the problems of cre
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