Literacy and reading behavior

R. K. Parrila; H. Stack-Cutler

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373951-3.00023-5

Literacy and reading behavior

R. K. Parrila^*, H. Stack-Cutler

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The fastest growing professions are those with greater-than-average demands for reading and writing skills. Today's adolescents must acquire sophisticated literacy and numeracy skills to be successful in the employment market and in their private lives as partners and citizens. We first examine how the concepts of literacy and reading have evolved over time. We then focus on reading and literacy learning and development in adolescence before taking a global perspective and examining what we know about adolescents' reading and literacy behaviors around the world. We conclude with a discussion of literacy and reading crisis in developed and developing worlds.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Adolescence
Editors	B. Bradford Brown, Mitchell J. Prinstein
Place of Publication	London ; Waltham ; San Diego
Publisher	Academia Press
Pages	203-211
Number of pages	9
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9780123739513
ISBN (Print)	9780123739155
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-373951-3.00023-5
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

functional literacy
global literacy
illiteracy
knowledge-based economies
literacy
literacy crisis
reading
traditional literacy
work reading
writing

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