This volume demonstrates how literacy is more than learning to read and write. Literacy creates communities, organizes personal and social lives, makes possible civil society and the rule of law, and underwrites the commitment of both modern and developing societies to universal education and ever higher levels of literate competence. Everything that is involved in being and becoming literate is the concern of this interdisciplinary group of distinguished scholars.
David R. Olson
David R. Olson is best known for his groundbreaking work "The World on Paper," which revolutionized the study of literacy and cognition. His writing style is clear and analytical, with a focus on interdisciplinary research. Olson's contributions to literature have reshaped our understanding of how language shapes thought and learning.