Creating Activities Towards Improving Functional Literacy: Examples from North Macedonia

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dc.contributor.author	Maleska, Kalina	-
dc.date.accessioned	2026-04-23T08:20:07Z	-
dc.date.available	2026-04-23T08:20:07Z	-
dc.date.issued	2025	-
dc.identifier.citation	Polish Journal of Educational Studies, Vol. 7 (77), 2025, pp. 14-29	pl
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11320/20156	-
dc.description.abstract	This article discusses the implementation and results of a project focused on improving functional literacy in North Macedonia, which I initiated and coordinated from 2023 to 2025. The motivation behind the project was to initiate changes in the traditional lecturing model predominant in the country, with low-level participation from students in class, and with very little focus on critical or creative thinking. The main research question was how to transform the curriculum and in-class activities in order to improve functional literacy among primary and secondary school students in Macedonia. I describe the stages and outcomes of the project, and report on the benefits of the undertaken activities on the well-being of teachers and students, the implications of which may helpful to practitioners in similar educational contexts.	pl
dc.language.iso	en	pl
dc.publisher	University of Białystok	pl
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License	-
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	-
dc.subject	functional literacy	pl
dc.subject	North Macedonia	pl
dc.subject	PISA	pl
dc.subject	reading comprehension	pl
dc.subject	curriculum	pl
dc.title	Creating Activities Towards Improving Functional Literacy: Examples from North Macedonia	pl
dc.type	Article	pl
dc.rights.holder	© 2025 Kalina Maleska, published by University of Białystok	pl
dc.rights.holder	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License	pl
dc.identifier.doi	10.2478/poljes-2025-0002	-
dc.description.Email	kalina.maleska@flf.ukim.edu.mk	pl
dc.description.Affiliation	“Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia	pl
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dc.identifier.eissn	2657-3628	-
dc.description.volume	7 (77)	pl
dc.description.firstpage	14	pl
dc.description.lastpage	29	pl
dc.identifier.citation2	Polish Journal of Educational Studies	pl
dc.identifier.orcid	0000-0003-3656-0969	-
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