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Our Common Schools
Author | : Burke Aaron Hinsdale |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 78 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : Public schools |
ISBN | : UOM:39015071602992 |
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Literacy and health outcomes
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 259 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Health education |
ISBN | : 9781428925441 |
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Literacy as a Moral Imperative
Author | : Rebecca Powell |
Publsiher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 1999-09-08 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781461638926 |
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In this important new book on literacy and teaching practices, education scholar and former schoolteacher Rebecca Powell argues that the decisions we make about literacy in a pluralistic society are fundamentally moral ones, either supporting inequitable power relationships, or seeking to transform them. Powell explores the underlying ideological assumptions of Oschooled literacyO and examines the ways teaching practices create tensions in the lives of students—tensions that often result in alienation and educational failure, particularly among those whose cultural knowledge and language tends to be marginalized in our nationOs schools. While primarily ground in critical theory, this volume also draws from multicultural and holistic perspectives in the teaching of written and oral language and addresses the link between whole language and critical pedagogy. Thus, the text is both theoretical and practical. Powell effectively argues that literacy instruction should encourage social responsibility and civic action, should enable students and teachers to understand the transformative potential of language, and should nurture a culture of compassion and care.
Health Literacy
Author | : Institute of Medicine,Board on Neuroscience and Behavioral Health,Committee on Health Literacy |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 2004-06-29 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780309133319 |
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To maintain their own health and the health of their families and communities, consumers rely heavily on the health information that is available to them. This information is at the core of the partnerships that patients and their families forge with today's complex modern health systems. This information may be provided in a variety of forms â€" ranging from a discussion between a patient and a health care provider to a health promotion advertisement, a consent form, or one of many other forms of health communication common in our society. Yet millions of Americans cannot understand or act upon this information. To address this problem, the field of health literacy brings together research and practice from diverse fields including education, health services, and social and cultural sciences, and the many organizations whose actions can improve or impede health literacy. Health Literacy: Prescription to End Confusion examines the body of knowledge that applies to the field of health literacy, and recommends actions to promote a health literate society. By examining the extent of limited health literacy and the ways to improve it, we can improve the health of individuals and populations.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
Author | : Mihai Nadin |
Publsiher | : Dresden University Press |
Total Pages | : 880 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Computers and literacy |
ISBN | : 9783931828387 |
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Phenomena related to the transition from a literacy-dominated civilization to one of various means of expression and communication are at the center of his book. The fall of totalitarian regimes, the current structural difficulties of the European Community, the burden of state bureaucracies, the world-wide effort of re-engineering, and the global economy are part of the bigger picture of a necessary development.
Cultural Literacy
Author | : E.D. Hirsch, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1988-04-12 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780394758435 |
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A must-read for parents and teachers, this major bestseller reveals how cultural literacy is the hidden key to effective education and presents 5000 facts that every literate American should know. In this forceful manifesto Professor E. D. Hirsch, Jr., argues that children in the United States are being deprived of the basic knowledge that would enable them to function in contemporary society. They lack cultural literacy: a grasp of background information that writers and speakers assume their audience already has. Even if a student has a basic competence in the English language, he or she has little chance of entering the American mainstream without knowing what a silicon chip is, or when the Civil War was fought. An important work that has engendered a nationwide debate on our educational standards, Cultural Literacy is a required reading for anyone concerned with our future as a literate nation.
Adult Illiteracy
Author | : Peter Giordano |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Literacy |
ISBN | : UCBK:B000241966 |
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Illiteracy and the Scope of the Problem in this Country
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Literacy |
ISBN | : UOM:39015031771598 |
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