Championing Literacy Around the Globe: Highlights from the World Literacy Summit

Authors

  • Betsy Diamant-Cohen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.21.3.19

Abstract

In April, 2023, I attended the three-day World Literacy Summit at Oxford University in England. Sponsored by the World Literacy Foundation, the Summit brought together leaders from eighty-five countries representing over two-thirds of the world’s population, all with a single focus—advocating, championing, and educating on the vital importance of improving literacy levels across the globe.

Presentations included topics of leadership in literacy, new technologies/innovation, literacy programs and goals, funding/sustainable development, girls’ literacy, First Nation/mother tongue literacy, learning disabilities, community-based interventions for literacy, early childhood/primary literacy, and more.

Author Biography

Betsy Diamant-Cohen

Betsy Diamant-Cohen is a children’s librarian with a doctorate, an early literacy trainer, consultant, and author. She is known for translating research into practical activities with developmental tips and presenting these via webinars, engaging workshops, and online courses.

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Published

2023-09-06

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 3 (2023): Fall

Section

Features

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