Open AccessLa Alfabetización. Una competencia educativa para el mundo globalizado.
Author(s) -
Joel Oswaldo Vielma Rondón
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cuestiones pedagógicas/cuestiones pedagógicas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2253-8275
pISSN - 0213-1269
DOI - 10.12795/cp.2020.i29.v2.11
Subject(s) - literacy , autonomy , competence (human resources) , sociology , reading (process) , modalities , lifelong learning , promotion (chess) , pedagogy , political science , public relations , social science , psychology , social psychology , politics , law
This article seeks to reflect on the implications of literacy as a fundamental educational competence for citizens of the globalized world. In order to achieve this purpose, we characterize some of the paths on which this knowledge is disseminated and explain how it relates to written culture, educational processes and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). In addition, it opens a space for reflection on the matter in Venezuela in recent years; supported by Bravo (2011) and Uzcátegui and Bravo (2017) reviews of official data. It is emphasized that literacy is decisively linked to the construction of the personal autonomy necessary for lifelong learning and the consideration of reading and writing as social and cultural practices. In conclusion, it is considered that all entities and social actors should assume the commitment to literacy and the promotion of written culture, in its different formats and modalities. In this case, democratic governments’ responsibility of implementing cultural, educational, social and economic policies is underlined, for their implementation increases responsibility towards the people, and also, towards their living conditions.