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Expert Meeting
Session I: Renewed vision of Literacy and Policy Implications
Session II: Developing an Operational Definition of Literacy and a
Conceptual Framework for Literacy Assessment
Division of Basic Education, UNESCO, Paris
UNESCO Institute for Education, Hamburg
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal
UNESCO, Paris
Bonvin, Salle XV
1, rue Miollis, 75015 Paris
10 – 12 June 2003
DRAFT AGENDA
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SESSION I
Objective
To contribute to the preparation of UNESCO Education Sector’s Position Paper on ‘literacies’, this
session will 1.) review the concept of the renewed vision of literacy as literacies, 2.) reflect on the
issues and challenges that this new understanding raises in education in operational terms and 3.)
generate inputs for policy and strategy recommendations and guidelines for Literacy for All that
take the notion of literacy as ‘literacies’ into account (Chapter 4).
Expected Outcomes
Inputs to UNESCO on the implications of the plural notion of literacy for educational
systems and provisions;
Inputs for policy and strategy recommendations for Literacy for All in the framework of
UN Literacy Decade, which will contribute to the position paper.
Tuesday, 10 June 2003
8.30 Registration
Morning Session
Moderator: Chief ED/BAS/LIT
9.00 – 9.30 Opening by ADG/ED
9.30 – 10.00 Introduction by DADG/ED
Introduction byof the participants
Discussion and adoption of the agenda and agreement on the methods of work for
the session
10.00 – 10.30 Presentation of the draft paper “Literacies – the New Meanings of Literacy” by Mr
Clinton Robinson
10.30 – 11.00 General discussion of the paper
11.15 - 11.30 Tea/coffee
11.30 - 13.00 Discussion on implications of “literacies” and pertinent issues and challenges
Key issues and challenges may include:
Quality education for all across formal and non-formal education
Lifelong learning in and for knowledge societies
Gender equality
Cultural and linguistic pluralism
Sustainable development
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Chief ED/BAS/LIT
14.30 – 16.00 Small group work to discuss policy and strategy options for the key issues and
challenges identified in the morning session.
16.00 – 16.15 Tea/coffee
16.15 – 17.00 Presentation and discussion of the outcomes of the small group work
17.00 – 18.00 Formulation of the recommendations of the meeting on policy and strategy options
Closing of Session I
18.30 Cocktail Reception at Bonvin Bar
SESSION II
Objective
To elaborate a conceptual framework for literacy assessment and an operational definition of
literacy
Expected Outcomes
Proposed operational definition including levels and domains of literacy to be assessed, in
given socio-cultural context on which literacy assessment methodologies can be based
Proposed general conceptual framework for the development of an assessment
methodology of literacy, in particular in the context of developing countries
Recommendations on how literacy assessment can be used for improving literacy levels
and overall learning systems performance
Wednesday, 11 June 2003
Morning Session
9.30 – 10.00 Opening of Session II
Moderator: Director, UIE
10.00 – 10.30 Presentation of background and aim of LAMP and progress to date (UIS)
10.30 – 11.00 Setting the scene: Presentation of the aims of the workshop (UIE and ED/BAS/LIT)
11.00 – 11.15 Tea/Coffee
11.15 – 13.00
Operational definition of literacy for assessment purposes: Levels and domains of literacy in
given social and cultural contexts and the application of literacy
11.15 – 11.4530 Introduction – Overview of definitions of literacy and need for an operational
definition (Dr. Abdulwahid Abdulla Yousif)
11.45 – 12.00 Issues and Challenges (UIE and ED/BAS/LIT)
12.0011.30 – 18.00 Presentation of four concept papers about operational definition, levels
and domains from the perspective of experts
11.30 – 12.00 – 12.30 Presentation 1 (Dr. Subbarao Ilapavuluri)
12.30 – 13.0012.30 Questions and Answers on Presentation 1
13.00 - 14.30 Lunch
Afternoon Session
Moderator: Director, UIE
14.30 – 18.00 Presentations continued
14.30 – 145.5000 Questions and Answers of Presentation 2 ((Dr. Isabel Infante)
14.50 – 15.2015.00 15.30 Question and Answers on Presentation 23
15.2030 – 15.4016. 00 Questions and Answers of Presentation 3 (Dr. Sophia Valdivielso
Gomez)
15.40 – 16.00 Question and Answers on Presentation 3
16.00 – 16.15 Tea/Coffe
16.15 – 16.45 Presentation 4
16.145 – 16.4017.15 Questions and Answers of Presentation 4 (Dr. Kazim Alam)
16.40 – 17.00 Questions and Answers on Presentation 4
17.0015 – 18.00 Discussion and summary of main points
Setting-up of two working groups
Thursday, 12 June 2003
Morning Session
Moderator: Director, UIE
9.30 –11.00
Breaking into working groups to work on a draft n recommendations on operational definition of
literacy (operational definition that is usable, measurable, amenable to comparison and relevant to
the contexts of "non-intensive use of printed informationliteracy", embedding literacy skills
acquired literacy acquisition outside the school and formal education compound)
11.00 – 11.15 Tea/Coffee
11.15 – 13.00 Plenary : Presentations of outcomes of group work
Discussion and adoption of an operational definition of literacy for assessment
purposes
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch
Afternoon session
Moderator: Director, UIE
14.30 – 15.30 Overall conceptual framework and policy options for the renewed vision of literacy
Discussion in plenary
Conceptual and methodological considerations and implications (tools,
methods, logistics)
National assessment according to local context versus international
comparability
15.30 – 16.00 Recommendations on conceptual framework
16.00 – 16.15 Tea/Coffee
16.15 – 17.15 Policy and programme implications of the assessment (i.e., in which way the
outcomes of the survey will be used for improving literacy).
Discussion in plenary and recommendations
17.15 – 18.00 Summing up, suggestions for follow-up activities and closure.
