Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ356200
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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A Plea for Research on Lay Literacy.
Illich, Ivan
Interchange, v18 n1-2 p9-22 Spr-Sum 1987
The evolution of lay literacy, the pervasive set of assumptions taken for granted by those who participate in a literate society, is traced from the 12th century. Research on the forms and assumptions of lay literacy over the change from an oral to a written to a computer society is urged. (MT)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Intellectual History, Literacy, Oral Language, Social Change, Social Theories, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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