Literac

y
Types, Challenges and Importance
 What is Literacy?
Literacy is the ability to identify,
understand, interpret, create, communicate, and
compute, using printed and written materials
associated with varying contexts to achive one’s
goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and
potential.
Types of
Literacy
 Digital
Literacy
01
It encompasses a wide range of skills,
all of which are necessary to succeed in
an increasingly digital world. It is
when the ability to comprehend
information found online becomes
more and more important
Media Literacy
Media Literacy is the ability to
decode media messages, assess
the influence of those messages
on thoughts, feelings and
02
behaviors ; and create media
thoughtfully and
conscientiously.
 Recreational Literacy
03 Independent activities that
cultivate posistive attitudes,
interests and literacy habits.
04 Disciplinary
Literacy
This refers to the specifics of
reading, writing and communicating
in a discipline. It focuses of the
ways of thinking, the skills and the
tools that are used by experts in the
disciplines
 Civic Literacy
05 Knowledge of how to
actively participate and
effect change in the local
community and society
Multicultural Literacy
It is the ability to understand and 06
appreciate the parallels and
diffrences between customs, values
and beleifs.
 Information
Literacy
07 Is the ability to find, evaluate,
organize, use, and communicate
information in all its various
formats, most notably in situations
requiring decision making, problem
solving or the acquisition of
knowledge.
 Critical Literacy
08 Is a collection pf dispositions
and skills that cultivate
innovative teaching, critical
thinking and active inquiry.
Developmental Literacy
A form of literacy instruction that
take’s a child’s state of
09
development in consideration. In
essence, it provides
developmentally appropriate
literacy instruction.
10 Early Literacy
Is what a child knows about
communication, reading and
writing before they learn to read
and write.
 Functional Literacy
11 The literacy skills required to
nevigate society successfully.
 Balanced Literacy
12
A reading program that uses several
different reading methods to offer
differentiated reading instruction,
 Content Literacy
13 The use of literacy in
specific areas such as math
literacy or science literacy.
Challenges in
Relation to
Literacy
 Inadequate reading materials, improper
teaching methodology and insufficient
English language development (PISA,
2019)
 Absenteeism (Mark Vergel A. Idulog., et
al. 2023)
 Passing the students without proper
assessment (Llego, 2014)
 Reading fluently- no comprehension,
comprehending – can’t reading fluently
and lack of interest and motivation (Mark
Vergel A. Idulog., et al. 2023)
 Lack of supportive access and digital tools
and; teachers lack of digital literacy skills
(Purmayanti D., 2022)
Importance of
Literacy as a
Science Major
Importance of Literacy as a Science
Major
In understanding and evaluating
01 information
In promoting effective
02 communication

03 In understanding scientific concepts

In choosing reliable sources of
04 information for teaching
Importance of Literacy as a Science
Major
05 In data analysis

06 In conducting a research
L- earned literacy skill
I- ndicates interpretation of knowledge
T- echnical application; an
E- expression of understading
R- ealization and
A- pplication, product of learning
C- ritical thinking and creativity
Y- ields prosperous and productive community
Thank You!
Group
Members:
1
Zorilla, Rica Pearl
Tupas, Jan Louis
San Agustin, Lea
Macandog, Mary Juanna
Gonzales, Arnold
Datoon, Rey
Bandagosa, Joyce