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Jul 26, 2022 · Using texts as mirrors is a powerful practice that can harness children's identities to build community, enhance engagement, develop literacy skills, and engage families. PAUSE AND PONDER. How can texts reflect the unique identities and experiences of readers? How can texts as mirrors support readers and learners?
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- 76, Issue3
- 26 July 2022
E.D. Hirsch’s curricular concept of “cultural literacy,” first popularized in his 1987 book Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, has had quite an interesting history in the more than three and half decades since that book’s release.
Cultural literacy is the ability to understand various cultural differences (including traditions, activities, and histories of different groups of people). Being culturally literate is crucial – especially if you’re part of the majority.
‘Cultural literacy’ has three aspects: its explicitly political aim; the kind of knowledge it presupposes; and, following from that, the methods of delivery it encourages. The political aim of ‘cultural literacy’ has attracted by far the most attention from both supporters and opponents.
- Robert Eaglestone
- 2020
Cultural literacy is the ability to comprehend and communicate effectively across different cultural contexts. It goes beyond simply knowing facts about other cultures; it entails understanding how these cultural elements influence the way people perceive the world and how they interact with others.
Dec 1, 2020 · The chapter explains the approach to cultural literacy adopted in this book, and the origins of such an approach, which can be traced back to a redefinition of cultural literacy in 2007, by what is now known as the Cultural Literacy in Europe Group.
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dialogic space with inherent democratic potential. Considering implications for the classroom, we outline how a dialogic pedagogy can provide a suitable context for the development of young people’s cultural literacy. Keywords: dialogue, cultural literacy, new literacies, intercultural dialogue.
