September 2nd, 2010
Category: Technology Literacy ARTICLES
Tags: Aeta, Alternative, Community, Cultural, Education, Equalizing, groups, Learning, Lopez, Minority, Philippines, Quezon, System
“ALS is expected to provide solutions in areas of conflict, critical thinking, in indigenous people communities and in areas where literacy is most wanting and where literacy is needed.”
Hon. Jesli Lapus, Secretary of Department of Educatin
The government’s vision for non-formal education is revitalized and epitomized through an Executive Order No. 358 S. 2004, rnaming and reinventing of the Bureau of Nonformal Education to Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS) whose vision is to view the Philippines as a nation where all the citizens, especially the marginalized individual or group of learners who could not equitably gain access to formal education…
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August 26th, 2010
Category: Illiteracy HELP
Tags: Cons, Cultural, Illiteracy, Pros, Some
Or more precisely, ignorance of Pop Culture?
For example a friend of mine, in her 30s, has never seen any of the Star Wars movies… not even the original three.
And sometimes I’ll make a quip and someone will say, “Oh, you got that from ‘South Guy’ or ‘Family Park’ or ‘Welcome Back, Potter’.” Heck, I went over 10 years without television… how am I supposed to know all this stuff?
Bonus Q: Is it passé to wear spandex while doing the Macarena?
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May 26th, 2010
Category: Illiteracy HELP
Tags: Classes, Cultural, Illiteracy, Improve, Problem, Public, Religion, Required, Schools, Should
Cultural illiteracy, like when in Arizona a Sikh man was attacked at a gas station because the attackers thought he was Muslim. Knowing the religion of Islam and Hinduism is as important to knowing India or Pakistan as knowing Christianity is to know an American. Are we failing to prepare our children to function in the even shrinking world.
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May 22nd, 2010
Category: Technology Literacy HELP
Tags: answer, Class, Cultural, Doing, following, Interview, Need, Questions
1)Identify the culture/and or country of origin for the interviewee. Include how you met the person. What is the format of your interview: face to face, telephone or email? Include any basic information that you may have like gender and approximate age. If he or she is no longer living in their country of birth, how long have they been away?
2)In their country of origin: how do people greet each other (shake hands, bow, embrace, other). Has the traditional form of greeting been impacted by globalization and if so, how?
3)How are children educated in their country? Is there a difference…
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May 8th, 2010
Category: Literacy
Tags: About, Article, Cultural, Good, Literacy, magazine
Cultural literacy is knowledge of history, contributions, and perspectives of different cultural groups, including one’s own group, necessary for understanding of reading, writing, and other media….I’m lost…and I need at least a good example
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March 26th, 2010
Category: Literacy Programs
Tags: Affect, background, citizens, Countries, Cultural, how does cultural background affect learning, Literacy, Politics, Such, Their
I know that over 60% of the population in brazil. chile. and argentina is of european decent. how does the cultural background effect the politics, economics, literacy, and social programs of these countries?
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