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Who we are Our Aims Mission Statement ROWA! works with partners to identify, develop, promote and disseminate innovative and effective community literacy practice, from cradle to grave, to optimise access to 'lives of opportunity'. ROWA!'s Constitutional Aims:
ROWA! Definition of Literacy At its heart literacy is about the ability to read and write to levels which sustain day to day life, learning, work, culture and participation in society. The acquisition of literacy skills requires an adequate preparation for learning, sufficient opportunity to practice literacy skills, compatibility with institutional learning, openness to learning and confidence in ability. These prerequisites can be summarised as a 'disposition to learn'. ROWA! seeks to find 'community solutions' to address literacy deficiencies caused by 'disposition to learn' problems. The actual skills which the term 'literacy' encompasses are:
These skills are the foundation of participation in day to day life, education, employment, culture and democracy. ROWA! will promote reading and writing as both necessary skills and creative experiences.
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