International Literacy Explorer
A teacher training tool for basic education
This web site is designed to give you an overview of literacy and basic education issues and practices in an international context. The information found here can be used in a teacher training program. However, whether you are a teacher/practitioner, policymaker, or researcher, this web site offers ideas, discussions, and activities to enrich your thinking. Click on the banners to the right to go directly to a section. The tour buttons below offer direct access to information useful to various audiences.
Tok Ples, New Guinea
Tok Ples, New Guinea
Overview
become better acquainted with some general literacy concepts
Literacy Projects
look at a selection of effective projects worldwide as a basis for innovation and discussion regarding your own basic education and literacy work
Statistics
use this learning tool as a source of information about literacy and basic education levels and related topics in different countries
Resources
find out more about the topics, issues, and programs discussed in the Explorer through information on various print and video resources, as well as references to online material, selected for its quality and utility
Help
Site Map
Teacher / Practitioner Tour
click here to take a quick look at the teaching and learning activities of the Literacy Projects
Policymaker / Researcher Tour
click here to take a quick look at the outcomes and implications of the Literacy Projects

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This multimedia tool was created by the International Literacy Institute, which is
co-sponsored by UNESCO and the University of Pennsylvania/Graduate School of Education, with additional support from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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