Internationale Impulse. Mehr als 25 Jahre Geschichte der Alphabetisierung und Grundbildung

International stimuli. More than 25 years of literacy and basic education A look back at the history of literacy discussions as a debate starting in the 1970s and heavily influenced by international organisations. The urgency of the subject is demonstrated at the start by international figures on the extent of illiteracy. The author sees today’s questions and issues as rooted in the 1980s and 1990s, in his overview of the German government's current funding focus he points out that there is no need to constantly reinvent the wheel. The analysis focuses particularly on the UNESCO, the OECD and national NGOs.