This document summarizes a class on critical literacy taught at the University of Aruba. It discusses key concepts from the previous unit and introduces themes for the current unit, including defining literacy, different approaches to literacy, the social basis of literacy, and taking a critical stance. The document outlines objectives of unit 2, defines multiple literacies, explores the evolving concept of literacy over time, and discusses the importance of critical literacy for citizenship and participation in a changing world.
CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICES-Unit 2-Critical Theory and pedagog...Ek ra
This document discusses several concepts related to critical theory and pedagogy. It begins by explaining critical theory and some of its major theorists who critique social structures based on class, wealth, and power distributions. It then discusses politics in education and how decision-making power is distributed. Several philosophers who critique power structures in education are mentioned, including Freire, Foucault, and Bourdieu. The document also covers social class theory, social reproduction, social exclusion, and factors that can generate marginalization. Finally, it discusses critical pedagogy and the roles of teachers and students in transforming education for social justice through techniques like praxis, dialogism, and questioning.
Durkheim's ideas led to the development of sociology of education as a field. He believed that education plays a vital role in socializing individuals and promoting social solidarity through the transmission of societal norms and values. Havighurst and Neugarten identified teacher sub-roles in schools, including guiding student development according to age stages and acting as counselors who encourage students to continue their education. Their work highlighted how social factors like gender, class, location can influence educational experiences and outcomes.
This document discusses several sociological theories:
- Marx's conflict theory focuses on class struggle between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, with the ruling class justifying exploitation through false consciousness. Revolution would arise from class consciousness.
- Weber believed religion allowed capitalism to emerge, with Protestants valuing hard work. Conflict theory views conflict as natural due to competition over scarce resources. Schools legitimize inequalities.
- Social reconstructionism aims to create a better society through education emphasizing social reform. Freire saw education as a means for oppressed groups to resist oppression through critical thinking.
Introduction to social dimensions of educationJanette Balagot
This document discusses the key concepts of consensus theory and conflict theory in sociology. Consensus theory views society as based on shared norms and values that promote social order, while conflict theory emphasizes social groups competing over scarce resources and dominant groups controlling subordinate ones. The document outlines the main assumptions of each perspective and provides examples of sociological theorists like Marx, Durkheim, and Weber whose works influenced these theories. It also examines how education systems may perpetuate inequality and status hierarchies between social groups.
) Define Sociology and explain its origin, development, and divisions.
2) Describe the subject matter of Sociology of Education
3) Explain the importance of Sociology to the education system
4) Explain the way in which the education system in Tanzania has been shaped by the ideas of prominent sociologists.
The document discusses the social dimension of education through history. It outlines how education originated and developed in ancient civilizations like China, India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Formal education began around 1300 BCE in Israel and was restricted to elites in other early societies. Modern education owes much to these ancient systems. Key figures like Confucius, Socrates, and Aristotle influenced the development of education. The document also discusses social processes, groups, social control, and problems in societies.
CRITICAL THINKING AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICES-Unit 2-Critical Theory and pedagog...Ek ra
This document discusses several concepts related to critical theory and pedagogy. It begins by explaining critical theory and some of its major theorists who critique social structures based on class, wealth, and power distributions. It then discusses politics in education and how decision-making power is distributed. Several philosophers who critique power structures in education are mentioned, including Freire, Foucault, and Bourdieu. The document also covers social class theory, social reproduction, social exclusion, and factors that can generate marginalization. Finally, it discusses critical pedagogy and the roles of teachers and students in transforming education for social justice through techniques like praxis, dialogism, and questioning.
Durkheim's ideas led to the development of sociology of education as a field. He believed that education plays a vital role in socializing individuals and promoting social solidarity through the transmission of societal norms and values. Havighurst and Neugarten identified teacher sub-roles in schools, including guiding student development according to age stages and acting as counselors who encourage students to continue their education. Their work highlighted how social factors like gender, class, location can influence educational experiences and outcomes.
This document discusses several sociological theories:
- Marx's conflict theory focuses on class struggle between the bourgeoisie and proletariat, with the ruling class justifying exploitation through false consciousness. Revolution would arise from class consciousness.
- Weber believed religion allowed capitalism to emerge, with Protestants valuing hard work. Conflict theory views conflict as natural due to competition over scarce resources. Schools legitimize inequalities.
- Social reconstructionism aims to create a better society through education emphasizing social reform. Freire saw education as a means for oppressed groups to resist oppression through critical thinking.
Introduction to social dimensions of educationJanette Balagot
This document discusses the key concepts of consensus theory and conflict theory in sociology. Consensus theory views society as based on shared norms and values that promote social order, while conflict theory emphasizes social groups competing over scarce resources and dominant groups controlling subordinate ones. The document outlines the main assumptions of each perspective and provides examples of sociological theorists like Marx, Durkheim, and Weber whose works influenced these theories. It also examines how education systems may perpetuate inequality and status hierarchies between social groups.
) Define Sociology and explain its origin, development, and divisions.
2) Describe the subject matter of Sociology of Education
3) Explain the importance of Sociology to the education system
4) Explain the way in which the education system in Tanzania has been shaped by the ideas of prominent sociologists.
The document discusses the social dimension of education through history. It outlines how education originated and developed in ancient civilizations like China, India, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. Formal education began around 1300 BCE in Israel and was restricted to elites in other early societies. Modern education owes much to these ancient systems. Key figures like Confucius, Socrates, and Aristotle influenced the development of education. The document also discusses social processes, groups, social control, and problems in societies.
This document discusses concepts related to globalization and its impact on education. It provides definitions of globalization as involving transformations in social relations and transactions across regions through increased flows and networks. Globalization is evident through advances in communication/transportation, increased economic interdependence, and the growth of global culture alongside local cultures. The document also summarizes the economic, political, and socio-cultural impacts of globalization on education, such as increased corporatization and the threat to national education systems' autonomy. It introduces theories like structural functionalism and discusses trends in education for the 21st century, including peace/human rights education, multicultural education, and the four pillars of learning.
The document discusses Critical Theory and its contributions to Media Studies and Media Education. It begins by outlining three main questions to address regarding Critical Theory, its role in Media Studies, and how it can benefit media education students. It then provides background on Critical Theory, noting it originated from the Frankfurt School and opposes capitalism and domination. Key concepts from Critical Theory are also listed. The document focuses on Theodor Adorno's theories around mass culture, the culture industry, and the standardization and commodification of culture through capitalism. It argues Critical Theory continues to be relevant today across various fields and can help media educators develop a critical pedagogy.
The document provides background on the origins and development of the social sciences. It discusses how the social sciences emerged later than the natural sciences and were originally based on social and political philosophy. The key developments that allowed the social sciences to grow included the scientific revolution, secularization of learning through events like the Protestant Reformation and Enlightenment, the rise of universities, and the dissolution of feudal social relations with the growth of commerce. These changes helped establish science as the dominant way of understanding the world and nature.
Understanding the concepts of culture, society and politicsMaryjoydailo
This document discusses key concepts related to culture, society, and politics. It covers:
- Aspects of culture including that culture is learned, symbolic, integrated, shared, and all-encompassing.
- Three sociological approaches to studying society: structural-functional, social-conflict, and symbolic-interaction. The structural-functional and social-conflict approaches have a macro-level orientation while symbolic-interaction has a micro-level orientation.
- Definitions of politics including that politics involves the activity of making, preserving, and amending the general rules that people live by, which inevitably leads to conflict and cooperation.
The document discusses the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire and how it relates to youth development. It outlines Freire's views on praxis, dialogue, and conscientization. Freire believed that education should bring together theory and practice to raise critical awareness of social inequalities and empower oppressed groups. The document provides examples of how Freire's ideas have been applied to initiatives in areas like adult education, literacy programs, and youth programs aimed at social change.
The critical tradition arose to question the outcomes of communication and analyze power structures in society. The Frankfurt School introduced this approach, analyzing how power imbalances are perpetuated through language, media, and science. Critical scholars aim to expose hidden oppression and stimulate social action. They challenge the control of language, the role of media, and uncritical acceptance of empirical findings. While diverse, critical scholars broadly aim to understand how arrangements enforce certain stakeholders' power in ways that can dominate and oppress others.
The document discusses various theories related to the critical tradition of media studies, including Marxist approaches, the Frankfurt School, hegemonic theory, and cultural studies. It also covers feminist media studies and bell hooks's critique of media, which argues that media spreads oppressive ideology and calls for critique and invention through resistance pedagogy and enacting non-dominating ways of being.
Social constructivism argues that ideas shape international relations by influencing states' identities, interests, and foreign policies. Key points of social constructivism include that ideas are socially constructed rather than objective facts, and that shared norms can transform relationships between states over time. For example, the meaning of sovereignty and treatment of refugees have changed as certain norms have spread and become internalized within the international community.
The sociology of education examines how public institutions and individual experiences influence education and its outcomes, focusing on modern school systems. It views education as a means to overcome disadvantages and achieve equality and social mobility. However, some argue education primarily serves to reproduce social inequalities. Sociological theories explore how social structures and institutions shape society, examining concepts like socialization, social conflict, and the social construction of knowledge in different contexts.
The document provides an overview of key concepts in sociology. It discusses (1) the sociological perspective which looks at how social factors influence individual behavior, (2) key founders of sociology including Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, and (3) goals and methods of sociology as a social science.
An introductory lecture in ideological analysis of media, covering works of Marx, Gramsci, Adorno & Horkheimer, Hall, given to BA-1 students at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
Understanding the concepts of culture, society and politicsMaryjoydailo
This document discusses key concepts in anthropology and sociology, including culture, society, and politics. It defines culture as learned, symbolic, integrated, shared, and all-encompassing. Sociologists use three theoretical approaches to study society: structural-functionalism, which views society as a system that promotes stability; social-conflict theory, which focuses on inequality and change; and symbolic interactionism, which sees society as produced through everyday interactions. The document also discusses ethnocentrism, viewing one's own culture as superior, and cultural relativism, understanding cultures in their own contexts.
This document discusses different forms of government including fascism, communism, and democracy. It provides characteristics and examples of fascist governments led by Mussolini and Hitler. Key aspects of fascist education are outlined such as emphasizing character building over intellectual growth and obedience over independent thinking. Communism is described as aiming for public ownership and collective control. Figures like Marx, Lenin, and Mao are discussed. The document outlines views on communist education focusing on linking education to labor. Finally, democracy is defined as rule by the people, and perspectives on democratic education emphasize individual freedom, diversity of thought, and student voice in the learning process.
This document provides an overview of an introductory sociology course, including what sociology is, why people take sociology courses, and key concepts like the sociological perspective and sociological imagination. The instructor encourages students to make observations about classroom interactions and discusses using sociological perspectives to understand issues like the Virginia Tech shooting. Major theoretical paradigms in sociology like structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are also briefly introduced.
This document presents information about educational sociology. It defines educational sociology as the branch of sociology that deals with applying sociological principles and methods to solve problems in society. It also examines the aims, scope, and functions of educational sociology, which include studying how social institutions and experiences influence education and its outcomes. In conclusion, educational sociology helps shape individuals and promote social progress through understanding societal processes.
This document discusses process theories of social movements and recognition struggles. It summarizes the key perspectives of several theorists on collective identities and social movements, including Melucci, Snow and Benford, Gamson, and della Porta and Diani. The theorists view collective identities as central to social movements and examine how identities are framed, constructed, negotiated, and incorporated into movements through processes like boundary formation. The document suggests current theory has not fully addressed how movements incorporate pre-existing identities into collective action.
Unit 3: Making sense of the world and its codes: the meaning of literacyNadia Gabriela Dresscher
This document provides an overview of a university course on critical literacy, communication, and interaction. It discusses key concepts that will be covered in the three units of the course. These include viewing communication as a dynamic, symbolic, and contextual process involving encoding and decoding of messages. Messages are composed of codes and literacy involves being able to understand and work with these codes to make sense of the world. The concept of literacy will be explored from various perspectives, and as an evolving concept tied to social and technological changes. Literacy will be discussed in terms of its social basis and role in everyday life and development.
The document discusses critical literacy, communication, and intercultural interaction. It covers several key topics:
1) Communication is a social and symbolic process that involves encoding and decoding messages using various verbal and non-verbal codes. It shapes identities as people negotiate meanings.
2) Literacy involves understanding and interacting with these codes and is about making sense of the world. It encompasses various types like visual, media, and digital literacies.
3) Critical literacy involves questioning texts and discourses to understand perspectives, power relations, and how meanings are constructed. It aims to empower people and promote inclusion.
This document discusses concepts related to globalization and its impact on education. It provides definitions of globalization as involving transformations in social relations and transactions across regions through increased flows and networks. Globalization is evident through advances in communication/transportation, increased economic interdependence, and the growth of global culture alongside local cultures. The document also summarizes the economic, political, and socio-cultural impacts of globalization on education, such as increased corporatization and the threat to national education systems' autonomy. It introduces theories like structural functionalism and discusses trends in education for the 21st century, including peace/human rights education, multicultural education, and the four pillars of learning.
The document discusses Critical Theory and its contributions to Media Studies and Media Education. It begins by outlining three main questions to address regarding Critical Theory, its role in Media Studies, and how it can benefit media education students. It then provides background on Critical Theory, noting it originated from the Frankfurt School and opposes capitalism and domination. Key concepts from Critical Theory are also listed. The document focuses on Theodor Adorno's theories around mass culture, the culture industry, and the standardization and commodification of culture through capitalism. It argues Critical Theory continues to be relevant today across various fields and can help media educators develop a critical pedagogy.
The document provides background on the origins and development of the social sciences. It discusses how the social sciences emerged later than the natural sciences and were originally based on social and political philosophy. The key developments that allowed the social sciences to grow included the scientific revolution, secularization of learning through events like the Protestant Reformation and Enlightenment, the rise of universities, and the dissolution of feudal social relations with the growth of commerce. These changes helped establish science as the dominant way of understanding the world and nature.
Understanding the concepts of culture, society and politicsMaryjoydailo
This document discusses key concepts related to culture, society, and politics. It covers:
- Aspects of culture including that culture is learned, symbolic, integrated, shared, and all-encompassing.
- Three sociological approaches to studying society: structural-functional, social-conflict, and symbolic-interaction. The structural-functional and social-conflict approaches have a macro-level orientation while symbolic-interaction has a micro-level orientation.
- Definitions of politics including that politics involves the activity of making, preserving, and amending the general rules that people live by, which inevitably leads to conflict and cooperation.
The document discusses the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire and how it relates to youth development. It outlines Freire's views on praxis, dialogue, and conscientization. Freire believed that education should bring together theory and practice to raise critical awareness of social inequalities and empower oppressed groups. The document provides examples of how Freire's ideas have been applied to initiatives in areas like adult education, literacy programs, and youth programs aimed at social change.
The critical tradition arose to question the outcomes of communication and analyze power structures in society. The Frankfurt School introduced this approach, analyzing how power imbalances are perpetuated through language, media, and science. Critical scholars aim to expose hidden oppression and stimulate social action. They challenge the control of language, the role of media, and uncritical acceptance of empirical findings. While diverse, critical scholars broadly aim to understand how arrangements enforce certain stakeholders' power in ways that can dominate and oppress others.
The document discusses various theories related to the critical tradition of media studies, including Marxist approaches, the Frankfurt School, hegemonic theory, and cultural studies. It also covers feminist media studies and bell hooks's critique of media, which argues that media spreads oppressive ideology and calls for critique and invention through resistance pedagogy and enacting non-dominating ways of being.
Social constructivism argues that ideas shape international relations by influencing states' identities, interests, and foreign policies. Key points of social constructivism include that ideas are socially constructed rather than objective facts, and that shared norms can transform relationships between states over time. For example, the meaning of sovereignty and treatment of refugees have changed as certain norms have spread and become internalized within the international community.
The sociology of education examines how public institutions and individual experiences influence education and its outcomes, focusing on modern school systems. It views education as a means to overcome disadvantages and achieve equality and social mobility. However, some argue education primarily serves to reproduce social inequalities. Sociological theories explore how social structures and institutions shape society, examining concepts like socialization, social conflict, and the social construction of knowledge in different contexts.
The document provides an overview of key concepts in sociology. It discusses (1) the sociological perspective which looks at how social factors influence individual behavior, (2) key founders of sociology including Auguste Comte, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber, and (3) goals and methods of sociology as a social science.
An introductory lecture in ideological analysis of media, covering works of Marx, Gramsci, Adorno & Horkheimer, Hall, given to BA-1 students at the Erasmus University Rotterdam
Understanding the concepts of culture, society and politicsMaryjoydailo
This document discusses key concepts in anthropology and sociology, including culture, society, and politics. It defines culture as learned, symbolic, integrated, shared, and all-encompassing. Sociologists use three theoretical approaches to study society: structural-functionalism, which views society as a system that promotes stability; social-conflict theory, which focuses on inequality and change; and symbolic interactionism, which sees society as produced through everyday interactions. The document also discusses ethnocentrism, viewing one's own culture as superior, and cultural relativism, understanding cultures in their own contexts.
This document discusses different forms of government including fascism, communism, and democracy. It provides characteristics and examples of fascist governments led by Mussolini and Hitler. Key aspects of fascist education are outlined such as emphasizing character building over intellectual growth and obedience over independent thinking. Communism is described as aiming for public ownership and collective control. Figures like Marx, Lenin, and Mao are discussed. The document outlines views on communist education focusing on linking education to labor. Finally, democracy is defined as rule by the people, and perspectives on democratic education emphasize individual freedom, diversity of thought, and student voice in the learning process.
This document provides an overview of an introductory sociology course, including what sociology is, why people take sociology courses, and key concepts like the sociological perspective and sociological imagination. The instructor encourages students to make observations about classroom interactions and discusses using sociological perspectives to understand issues like the Virginia Tech shooting. Major theoretical paradigms in sociology like structural functionalism, social conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism are also briefly introduced.
This document presents information about educational sociology. It defines educational sociology as the branch of sociology that deals with applying sociological principles and methods to solve problems in society. It also examines the aims, scope, and functions of educational sociology, which include studying how social institutions and experiences influence education and its outcomes. In conclusion, educational sociology helps shape individuals and promote social progress through understanding societal processes.
This document discusses process theories of social movements and recognition struggles. It summarizes the key perspectives of several theorists on collective identities and social movements, including Melucci, Snow and Benford, Gamson, and della Porta and Diani. The theorists view collective identities as central to social movements and examine how identities are framed, constructed, negotiated, and incorporated into movements through processes like boundary formation. The document suggests current theory has not fully addressed how movements incorporate pre-existing identities into collective action.
Unit 3: Making sense of the world and its codes: the meaning of literacyNadia Gabriela Dresscher
This document provides an overview of a university course on critical literacy, communication, and interaction. It discusses key concepts that will be covered in the three units of the course. These include viewing communication as a dynamic, symbolic, and contextual process involving encoding and decoding of messages. Messages are composed of codes and literacy involves being able to understand and work with these codes to make sense of the world. The concept of literacy will be explored from various perspectives, and as an evolving concept tied to social and technological changes. Literacy will be discussed in terms of its social basis and role in everyday life and development.
The document discusses critical literacy, communication, and intercultural interaction. It covers several key topics:
1) Communication is a social and symbolic process that involves encoding and decoding messages using various verbal and non-verbal codes. It shapes identities as people negotiate meanings.
2) Literacy involves understanding and interacting with these codes and is about making sense of the world. It encompasses various types like visual, media, and digital literacies.
3) Critical literacy involves questioning texts and discourses to understand perspectives, power relations, and how meanings are constructed. It aims to empower people and promote inclusion.
week 7 Challenges in virtual world.pptxJOANESIERAS1
This document discusses current challenges in media literacy education. It covers topics such as how learning is changing due to increased mediation; the history of media education concerns around commercialization of children's media and impacts on learning; evolving conceptions of literacy to include multimodal meanings; key concepts for analyzing media like production, texts, reception; characteristics of new media environments; and changes to young people's media experiences and culture. It concludes with seven challenges facing media education around issues like participation versus protection, linking literacies, connecting to human rights, and realizing democratic goals.
Critical Literacy, Communication & Interaction 1 (GE3A) discusses key concepts around language and discourse. It reflects on how [1] communication is coded and symbolic, [2] literacy involves understanding these codes, and [3] unit 3 will focus on language as a code system. It then explores [4] how language represents reality through discourse, looking at semantics, language functions, universal grammar, and the social construction of knowledge through different discourses.
El pensamiento liberador basado en las propuestas de Paulo Freire, Simón Rodríguez y Prieto Figueroa en el marco del plan de la patria. Propone una educación que crítica, constructivista en la formación del dominio de una lengua extranjera (este caso el inglés), valorando los aspectos inherentes socio-culturales de toda lengua y adaptarlos a las presentes necesidades educativa como lo es el aprendizaje mixto, a distancia y el virtual interactivo.
Introduction to virtual intercultural exchangesClaudia Warth
Virtual exchanges can develop intercultural communicative competence (ICC) by providing authentic intercultural interaction using a foreign language in a controlled online environment. ICC involves intercultural competence, cultural competence, and communicative competence, including understanding cultural concepts/artifacts of one's own and other cultures. Byram's model of ICC includes attitudes of openness, knowledge of social groups and cultures, skills in interpreting/relating other cultures and discovering/interacting in intercultural situations, and critical cultural awareness. Learning contents can explore "languaculture," the connection between language and culture, and "rich points" when cultural assumptions differ.
Language mediates our experiences of the world in several ways:
1) All of our experiences are mediated through language, as language provides a way to organize, code, and remember our experiences.
2) Other people also mediate our experiences through language when they describe events or share their perspectives.
3) Written texts like novels, textbooks, and newspapers further mediate our experiences by the way they structure and represent reality.
This document provides an overview of the framework and topics that will be covered in the Critical Literacy, Communication and Interaction 2 course. The course will explore human communication within the social context of community and society. Key concepts that will be examined include belonging, social capital, reciprocity, boundaries, diversity, and tolerance. The influence of technological developments on communication and community will also be discussed. Additional areas of focus will include intercultural communication, cultural identity, storytelling, metaphors, and dialogue. Students will be assigned group work to discuss their definitions of community and which communities they belong to.
Talkin bout a Revoluition: New Literacies, New PracticesDrJoolz
1. The document discusses the evolution of the concept of literacy from traditional definitions focused on functional skills to broader definitions encompassing critical thinking and social practices in different contexts.
2. New definitions of literacy consider it as social practice embedded in cultural and community contexts using various modalities beyond just printed text.
3. Emerging technologies and digital media have created new forms of literacy practices described as new literacies that are more collaborative, participatory, and distributed across networks.
The document discusses critical literacy and its development and applications in education. It provides definitions of critical literacy from various scholars and outlines some of its key principles, including critiquing relationships between language, power and social practices. It also discusses how critical literacy has evolved since the 1970s and been taken up in different educational contexts. Several classroom applications of critical literacy are described, such as using questioning techniques and choosing empowering texts for students.
This document discusses different types of literacy. It begins by defining traditional literacy as the ability to read and write. It then discusses Miller's (1973) three subcategories of conventional literacy: basic literacy as recognizing letters and words, comprehension literacy as understanding meaning, and functional literacy as reading for everyday tasks.
The document notes that modern views see literacy more broadly as knowledge. It then discusses the rise of new literacies due to increased communication reach, means, and content. New literacies include topics like digital, financial, and critical literacy. The document concludes by defining different basic literacy skills like initial, critical, film, teaching, computer, technological, information, and media literacy.
This document provides an overview of the first unit of a critical literacy course. It introduces communication as a dynamic social process through which humans negotiate meaning, interpretation, and identity. Some key aspects covered include:
- Humans are inherently social and communicate to form relationships.
- Communication involves encoding and decoding messages based on shared codes and cultural contexts.
- Models can help analyze communication, but are limited and do not capture the full dynamic process.
- Identity is shaped through interactions with others and group memberships.
- The course will examine different communication codes and what it means to be literate in understanding various codes.
This document provides an overview of intercultural communication and culture. It begins by defining intercultural communication and explaining why it is studied. Key reasons include increasing self-awareness, demographic changes, globalization, and creative problem solving. Intercultural communication is important in education due to increasing diversity in schools. Culture is then defined and its key characteristics and components are outlined, including communication, cognitive, behavioral, and material. Cultural relativism is introduced as the view that cultures should be understood based on their own contexts rather than being judged by others.
A pedagogy of_multiliteracies_designing_sociabluegrassjb
This presentation describes the theory of Multiliteracies as presented by the New London Group in their seminal article published in 1996 in the Harvard Educational Review.
Traditional literacy is defined as the ability to read and write. It can be divided into basic literacy of recognizing letters and words, comprehensive literacy of understanding meaning, and functional literacy of using reading for everyday tasks. Modern views see literacy as knowledge in a field. New literacies have emerged with increased communication reach, means, and content. These include globalization literacy, social/financial literacy, media/digital literacy, eco literacy, artistic literacy, and critical literacy.
The 21st century literacies and skills
Globalization and Multicultural Literacy
Social Literacy
Media Literacy
Financial Literacy
Cyber/Digital Literacy
Eco-literacy (Ecological Literacy)
Arts and Creativity Literacy
What is Globalization?
According to Joseph E. Stiglitz (2002), globalization is the closer integration of the countries and people of the world brought about by the enormous reduction of costs of transportation and communication, and the breaking down of artificial barriers to the flows of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and people across borders.
Held, et al. (1999) defined that globalization captures elements of a widespread perception that there is a broadening, deepening and speeding up of world-wide interconnectedness in all aspects of life, from the cultural to the political, the financial to the environmental.
Cole (2018) shared that according to sociologists, globalization is an ongoing process that involves interconnectedness changes in the economic, cultural, social and political spheres of society.
Beck (2000), defined globalization as a process through which transnational actors undermine sovereign national states with varying prospect if power, direction, identities and network.
Globalization is the process of interaction and integration between people, business entities, governments, and cultures from other nations, driven by international trade and investment and supported by information technology (Levin Institute, 2017).
What is multicultural literacy?
Taylor and Hoechsmen (2011) shared that multicultural literacy is defined through the idea of an inclusive and diverse education system where students of all cultural backgrounds are provided with the respect and recognition they deserve in the classroom. It is through this literacy that we must foster certain pedagogies concerning both social justice and social difference in the classroom.
Boutte (2008) discussed how by fostering both critical thinking and culturally sensitive pedagogies to bring explicit attention to society-related cultural issues, in hope to positively impact diverse learners in the classroom through giving recognition to the barriers they may face through educational institutions.
O’Byrne and Smith (2015) stated how through the use of multicultural literacy, culturally marginalized students feel more respected and comfortable in the classroom as they genuinely feel their needs are being met and their voices are being heard.
Banks and Stark (2003) stated that although literacy is essential that all students acquire the basic literacy and computational skills, this is not enough. Students should also acquire the skills, attitudes and commitments to be reflective, moral and active citizens in a troubled global world.
We define multicultural literacy as the knowledge and skills necessary to ensure that any communication with a culture different from our own is clear, productive, and respectful such that their differences are celebrated
Digital literacy involves more than just the ability to read and write, and now means the ability to understand information across different media formats. It requires skills in deciphering complex images, sounds, and language. Digitally literate people can move between different media types and present information in a way their audience can easily understand. Central competencies of digital literacy include reading and understanding different formats, creating and sharing digital information, evaluating information, and practicing information and media literacy. These skills are widely needed but unevenly possessed globally. As technology advances rapidly, digital literacy as a field continues to evolve and teachers and students must constantly update their skills to stay engaged.
Communication Theories presentation1-1.pptxBayissaBekele
This document provides an overview of communication theories and definitions of communication from various scholars. It begins by discussing how communication has been defined as sharing knowledge, feelings, ideas and information between two or more people to gain a common understanding. It then summarizes definitions from sociologists, psychologists and educators. The document also discusses the historical development of communication from early signs and signals to the current digital age, and analyzes barriers to effective communication such as language, perception and culture.
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This document discusses theories of social stratification and inequality. It begins by outlining objectives to explain multidimensional concepts of social stratification and how inequalities are sustained by certain ideologies. It then presents an experiment inspired by John Rawl's theory of justice that asks participants to choose between different types of societies with varying social and economic inequalities. The document goes on to define social stratification, discuss its principles and forms of social divisions. It also examines processes that sustain stratification and the intersectionality of inequalities before analyzing different theories and perspectives on stratification including meritocracy, Marxism, and a human development approach.
The document introduces part 2 of a module on development. It will discuss the importance of normative judgments in development debates and relate development concepts like human development, capabilities, and freedom. It will introduce Amartya Sen's human development and capability approach and thesis of "Development as Freedom." Development can be legitimated through normative, empirical, and predictive analyses, which are interconnected. Normative approaches shape what data is collected, analyses, and policies by influencing definitions of concepts like poverty. Different views of development lead to different policy choices and trade-offs.
This document introduces concepts related to culture and cultural variability. It defines culture and discusses how culture is dynamic and variable over time and place. It presents Geert Hofstede's model of cultural dimensions, including individualism-collectivism, power distance, masculinity-femininity, uncertainty avoidance, and long-term vs. short-term orientation. It also introduces the concept of acculturation that occurs in plural societies and discusses strategies for acculturation, including integration, assimilation, separation, and marginalization. The goal is to apply these cultural concepts to understanding Aruba's multicultural context.
To introduce key concepts related to micro-sociology and socialization. The document discusses theories of socialization from Freud, Mead, and Cooley. It also addresses the concepts of self, human nature, and how individuals develop identities and learn social norms through the socialization process with different agents such as family, schools, peers, and media.
Unit 4. Sociology in Context: "islandness", the uniqueness of the Caribbean ...Nadia Gabriela Dresscher
To contextualize Sociology, this unit introduces key concepts related to islands and island studies. It focuses on the Caribbean region, specifically the changing patterns of Aruban society over time. The impact of geography and history on social, economic, and cultural development is examined. Two relevant theoretical perspectives are also introduced: the global perspective and post-colonial perspective. Aruba's societal development from pre-ceramic indigenous groups to a modern tourism-based economy is discussed in relation to Lensky's types of societies.
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2. Today’s program: Course organization logistics Where are we now; framework, connecting UNIT 1 to UNIT 2 Focusing on the theme of UNIT 2 2
3. Reflection on where we are now (1): Communication process is dynamic and symbolic Is interactive and transactive: Sender and receiver interaction is based on (en)coding and decoding of messages Messages are composed of codes Negotiation of meaning, interpretation and identity Communication process is contextual (multi-layered effect of contexts 3
4. Reflection on where we are now (2): Communication is both intentional and unintentional Communication process is Ubiquitous (omnipresent) Communication process is cultural (one specific context: the cultural context) Communication shapes and re-shapes our identities 4
5. Messages are composed of CODES Stepping into ‘the code’ zone… {Unit 1}Human beings are social, they communicate and make sense of their selves and their world through codes (messages, ideas, conventions, rules etc.) {Unit 2}Being ‘literate’ means here, being aware of and being able to deal with these codes (coding and decoding process) (understanding the world and who you are in this world) 5
6. Properties of Codes (Fiske, 1990) codes are systemized (language, sentences, words, alphabet, agreement upon meaning of arbitrary signs: A B etc.) (verbal/non-verbal codes) All codes convey meaning: they are vehicles for messages, ideas, rules Codes depend upon agreement amongst their user and upon a shared sociocultural background All codes perform an identifiable social or communicative function All codes are transmittable by their appropriate media or channels of communication 6
7. 7 UNIT 2: Making sense of the world and its codes. The meaning of Literacy
8. Objectives Unit 2 in terms of themes The meaning of the concept literacy Different approaches; interdisciplinary approach The social basis of literacy It is an evolving concept Critical Literacy; taking a critical stance Literacy and development 8
10. 10 What does the concept “ literacy ” mean to you? What does being ‘illiterate’ mean to you?
11. The concept literacy Many different definitions In its most basis sense refers to a cognitive process that enables reading, writing, speaking and listening Is the means by which people learn to be at home in the worlds they choose [or find themselves in] Refers to the consciousness of the uses and problems of language and the ability to express that awareness in ways sanctioned by the culture Language is here the code. Language in the broadest sense of the word. Literacy encompasses more than only the world of language 11
13. Literacyliteracies When we use the term literacy in its singular form, we intend it to apply to multiple literacies as well Literacies include multiple kinds of processes including the following: 13
15. Cultural literacy The ability to understand andinterpretcultural, social and ideological values that shape our reading of ‘texts’ 15
16. More literacies Visual literacy: the ability to understand and interpret images, signs, pictures and non-verbal language Media Literacy: the ability to understand and interpret cultural messages presented by the media, such as from TV and film Information Technology literacy: the ability to use, access and evaluate information and ideas via computers Numeracy: the ability to understand and interpret mathematical symbols, including reading charts and tables And when talking about worlds, an example of such a world: Political literacy: the ability for citizens to participate in a society’s democracy process and government (an understanding of how government works and of the important issues facing society, as well as the critical thinking skills to evaluate different points of view) 16
17. Evolving concept of literacy(ies) Rapid technological and social change The nature of communication and technology is changing in fundamental ways Literacy is central; new forms of literacies are emerging The concept of literacy evolves and is affected by the concept of time: 17
18. Evolving concept of literacy(ies) (2) How people use literacy is tied up with the particular details of the situation and that literacy events are particular to a specific community at a specific point in history Compare baby boomers, gen X, gen Y, {gen Einstein} and what about the gen Z? Talking about new literacies and rapid technological changes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8 (*Response of class after watching video) 18
19. Reflection so far… The concept Literacy is an evolving and dynamic one Linking Literacy with communication: Communication for our purposes, refers here both to the process of sending and receiving ideas, information, messages etc. by means of speech, writing or signs as well as to the study of that process Communication and {critical} literacy skills are consistently identified as being the hallmark of an educated person approaching Literacy in terms of critical thinking and in terms of development (=to empower) 19
21. Approaching the concept literacy Dominant approach: formal literacy (educational setting) (in terms of skills; being able to read, write, speak and listen) Literacy as a concept is way too broad for it to be approached only through the lenses of the formal educational setting and in terms of performance Our approach will be a multidisciplinary one: Performance, Social, Psychological, Historical, Developmental and Critical Barton’s approach is very useful for our understanding of literacy 21
22. Literacy in everyday life Approaching Literacy from everyday life: Starting point: people’s uses of literacy, not from their formal learning of literacy {everyday events} Example: Video new ways of reading: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=linear%20attention&st=cse&scp=1 22
23. The social basis of literacy (Barton, 2007) Barton and Hamilton (1998) studied the role of literacy in people’s everyday life. (4 year long study; qualitative research based on interviews and observation) *(assignment idea) 23
24. The social basis of literacy (1) (Barton, 2007) Literacy is a social activity and can be best described in terms of people’s literacy practices which they draw upon in literacy events; People have different literacies which they make use of, associated with different domains of life. These differences are increased across different cultures or historical periods People’s literacy practices are situated in broader social relations; social settings and social institutions are important 24
25. The social basis of literacy (2)(Barton, 2007) Literacy is based upon a system of symbols; symbolic system for communication. It is a way of representing the world to others (literacy as communication) Literacy is a symbolic system used for representing the world to us (literacy as thought) We have awareness, attitudes and values with respect to literacy and these attitudes and values guide our action (values and awareness) 25
26. The social basis of literacy (3)(Barton, 2007) Literacy has a story. Our individual life histories contain many literacy events from early childhood onwards which the present is built upon. We change, and as children and adults are constantly learning about literacy (individual history: growth and development and that of a whole culture over a longer time period (opening of Colegio, Lago school) Literacy events and practices have a social history (social history ex. Renaissance, Enlightment) 26
27. Literacy in everyday life:“How a family reads” http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/books/27reading.hml?pagewanted=1&_r=2&sq=linear%20attention&st=cse&scp=1 (watch video) A Family of Readers: Jane Sims and her husband, David, spend hours reading newspapers, magazines and books. Their children spend most of their reading time online. 27
29. 29 Taking a critical stance: Critical Literacy
30. Learning to read the world while learning to read the word 30 {Critical Literacy} Although there are several approaches to critical literacy, each underpinned by different theoretical perspectives , they all have in common that: CL involves an active, challenging approach to reading and textual practices. CL involves the analysis and critique of the relationship among texts, language, power, social groups and social practices
31. What is CL? CL shows us ways of looking at written, visual, spoken, multimedia and performance texts to question and challenge the attitudes, values and beliefs that lie beneath the surface Literacy is as much about ideologies, identities, and values as it is about codes and skills. CL provides us with ways of thinking that uncover social inequalities and injustices. It enables us to address disadvantage and become agents of social change (Gregory and Cahill, 2009) 31
32. CL attempts to develop 3 kinds of understanding (Morgan, 1996) The way texts (and visuals etc. approach broad) and their discourses work to represent reality and define what is necessary for us; A sympathetic understanding of the people who are affected (shaped) by those discourses; (voice, voiceless, representation) Ways we can engage with those texts and their debates Questioning texts, reflecting, taking a stance from the position of the passive reader to the position of the active reader Negotiation of meaning, interpretation and identities! 32
33. CL includes (1): Examining meaning within texts Considering the purpose for the text and the composer’s motives Texts are not neutral, they represent particular views, silence other points of views and influence people’s ideas Questioning and challenging the ways texts have been constructed Analyzing the power of language in contemporary society Emphasizing multiple readings of texts (because people interpret texts in the light of their own believes and values, texts will have different meanings to different people) Kaleidoscope! 33
34. CL includes (2) Having ‘you’ take a stance on issues Providing ‘you’ with opportunities to consider and clarify your own attitudes and values: { being aware of different perspectives reflection negotiation of identities: who am I, do I agree? (metaphor of room)} Providing ‘you’ with opportunities to take social action (e.x. writing a letter of complaint) 34
35. Why is CL important? Our lifestyles are changing constantly, hi-tech, globalized world (boundaries of space and time are dissolving) Changing societal structures Cultural diversity Marketing of ideas Lifelong learning 35
36. Rejecting the tension (1)(Gregory & Cahill, 2009) The authors question the role schools (formal education in terms of curriculum and methods) play on the development of students as active citizens. Schools have the potential to be places where students can come to understand how and why knowledge and power are constructed Critical perspective: Inspired by Paulo Freire (1921-1997: Brazilian educational reformer) (you can read more about Freire on the wiki) In Freirian terms CL involves “ reading the world” so that we can come to understand how we encode power structures and the roles we play in these processes (Freire & Mancedo, 1987) 36
37. Paulo Freire (1921-1997) 37 “ Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and discover how to participate in the transformation of their world.”
38. Rejecting the tension (2)(Gregory & Cahill, 2009) Emancipatory literacy: the notion that literate individuals are able to function independently and flexible in society (survive) Citizenship in a democracy (Dewey’s view of democracy 1916) “Children become literate at school” : “literacy is and must always be ideologically situated (…) qualified by the context of assumptions, beliefs, expectations, and related conceptual material that accompanies its use by particular groups of people in particular socio-historical circumstances” 38
40. Adopting a critical stance (1)(Gregory & Cahill, 2009) Questioning texts problematizing knowledge (Do you for instance question nowadays (25th September 2009) the media you consume here in Aruba ?) Engaging in such a problematization creates tension. You’re world is shaking: you are aware that reality is something constructed You can choose to reject the tension and not begin a critical questioning process schooling, passive agency. This can be motivated by fear: ‘fear for the unknown’ or ‘fear for reprisals (groups you belong to, want to belong to; social identity, questioning your own identity. If you decide to contend with the tension, then a critical stance is necessary(democracy) education 40
41. Adopting a critical stance (2)(Gregory & Cahill, 2009) We accept the tension! Tension is ‘growing’, being active Critical stance: you read the world, not only the words/pictures/actions/sounds/etc. A text is seen here as a “ vehicle through which individuals communicate with one another using the codes and conventions of society” with a purpose! Examples: songs, novels, conversations, movies, art, photographs (all forms of communication are considered to be texts) 41
43. Taking a critical stand What kind of critical questions would you ask? Work in pairs and formulate critical questions. 43
44. Examples of critical questions Textual purpose Textual structures and features Construction of characters Gaps and silence Power and interest Whose view: whose reality? Interrogating the composer Multiple meanings (I will post of list of critical questions on our wiki) 44
45. Literacy and development: “Literacy for life” 45 EFA: “ Literacy is a right and the foundation for all further learning. Literacy gives peoples the tools, knowledge and confidence to improve their livelihoods, to participate more actively in their societies and to make informed choices. In today knowledge economies, literacies are more vital than ever. Yet literacy remains a right denied to some 771 million people” (UNESCO, 1996)
46. Approach UNESCO Literacy as a human rightinclusion for human development Human benefits: self-esteem, empowerment Political benefits: political participation, democracy (ethic equality, post-conflict situations) Cultural benefits: dealing with cultural change, preserving cultural identities and –diversity Social benefits: health, reproductive behavior, education, gender equality, emancipation of minority groups etc., Economic growth, sustainability 46
47. “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” Alvin Toffler 47 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o&eurl=http://worldbuilder.ning.com/video/a-vision-of-students-today-a&feature=player_embedded