Tracing the Definition of Literacy and Making Out-Of-School Literacies Visible in Ghanaian Schools

Abstract

This paper explores the changing definition of literacy to literacies and discusses how outof- school literacies can be made to positively impact school literacy in Ghana and other communities. Recent research has shown that there are multiple literacies in addition to school literacy that individuals use to negotiate their lives as members of any community. Using published literature, the paper develops an argument that the definition of literacy has changed and that out-of-school literacy has a functional place in the development of school literacy in Ghanaian schools and schools elsewhere