Book Description

This study was conducted to understand if and how literacy and modes of literacy acquisition change the way people think about their experiences, particularly among people in communities with low literacy rates. Allan Bernardo looks at the importance of the context in which literacy practice take place and generates a new perspective on the acquisition of basic learning skills. The following topics are discussed: * The communities * Conceptual understanding: knowing the elements of experience * Conceptual categorization: organizing the elements of experience * Conceptual comparison: comparing the elements of experience * Deductive reasoning: drawing knowledge from experience * Explanation: understanding experience * Conclusions.