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"Philosophy of Education"

2008 year, number 2

THE FUNCTIONAL LITERACY REQUIREMENTS IN THE CONTINUOUS EDUCATION CONCEPT (IN THE WESTERN COUNTRIES)

N. . ??ganesyants
Keywords: information and communication technologies, functional literacy, technological literacy, learning skills, continuous education
Pages: 140-144

Abstract

The article analyzes the transformation of the definition of functional literacy as the development of the continuous education skills in the contemporary research in the West. The author focuses on the social context, philosophical and pedagogical aspects and technological foundations of interpreting the functional literacy of the information society based on the example of educational policy in the U.S in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. The outcome of the research is represented as a technological construct of the functional literacy.