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Core Literacies
Core Literacies
Foundational skills for reading, reasoning, writing, and communicating knowledge effectively.
Practice Area > Knowledge Skills
Practical abilities for working with knowledge itself—how it is found, framed, shared, and evolved. They make knowledge work tangible.
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Understand Knowledge Skills
Ability to navigate, structure, and articulate knowledge across contexts and media.
Knowledge skills are the practical abilities that allow people to work with knowledge intentionally rather than accidentally. They are not domain expertise. They are the skills that make expertise usable. They include finding information, evaluating sources, making distinctions, building arguments, synthesizing ideas, communicating understanding, and creating useful artifacts. These skills transform knowledge from something consumed into something actively shaped. The goal is not simply acquiring more information. It is developing fluency in how knowledge is created, structured, and evolved.
