For example, scientific literacy means the ability to understand scientific concept, evaluate scientific information, identify issues in scientific articles, search the answer to scientific questions, predict scientific phenomenon and estimate the impact to the society.
Information literacy means the ability to accesses information efficiently and effectively, evaluates information critically and competently, uses information accurately and creatively.
Media literacy means the ability to understand the nature and application of media, evaluate media information, search the answer to questions on media usage, predict the phenomenon in media usage and estimate the impact to human recognition.
Cultural literacy means the ability to understand the nature and history of culture, understand the meaning, origin and application of symbol, language and practice, search the answer to cultural issues, predict cultural phenomenon and estimate challenges to the exist culture.
We may generalize the concept of literacy into 4 main parts:
Recognition and taxonomy:
- understand concept and mechanism
- analyze materials critically
abductive reasoning:
- evaluate problems and issues from articles
- search the answer to questions
deductive reasoning:
- predict the result
- estimate the impact to the aspect concern and other aspects
- evaluate proposed actions critically
inductive reasoning:
- search and verify the principles and rules
