Category: Literacy

  • Value of Religious Literacy in Society

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Summary References Introduction Choice of religion is a deeply personal matter, and individuals religious beliefs should always be treated with respect and understanding. However, religious literacy is not a skill that many people possess due to a lack of formal education on the religions of the world and a…

  • Slavery and Literacy. The Triumph of a Poor Slave

    Table of Contents Introduction Brief summary Analysis and Conclusion Bibliography Introduction There is no doubt that Black slavery will go down in history as one of the most shameful periods in European and American history. Just if they were soulless animals, Black Africans used to be rounded up and shipped over to various locations throughout…

  • Relation Between the Language, Landscape and the Literacy of Tracking

    In his book, The Spell of the Sensuous, David Abram considers tracking as the first form of literacy. One may wonder whether literacy is related to the ability to read and write or does it require some knowledge and understanding. Being literate is about identifying, understanding, and interpreting visual information. Literacy is often attributed to…

  • Cultural Literacy and Critical Literacy by Donald Lazere

    Donald Lazere has devoted his numerous works to the matter of critical thinking in the modern culture. In his Cultural Literacy and Critical Literacy (1992), Lazere focuses on the notion of the critical literacy, which, in his opinion, is rather important for the intellectual potential of an individual. He has developed this notion in response…

  • The Bottom-Up and Top-Down Models of Literacy

    One of the most critical aspects of early childhood education is reading. From letter recognition to focusing on speech patterns, language acquisition in young children is focused on helping them comprehend how spoken sounds and written words are related to one another and cultivating reading comprehension. Reading research has been contributed to by researchers from…

  • Literacy Narrative: Make a Wish

    I vividly remember the day I realized life was too short and unexpected not to wish for more. It was April, and I sweet-talked my mom to take me to the amusement park on the weekend. I was eight years old, and I had never been to the amusement park before. I wanted to try…

  • History and Theories of Literacy Instruction

    There were several eras of reading research led by different assumptions and theories. First was the era of conditioned learning, which lasted from 1950 to 1965. During this period, the research was inspired by behavioristic theory, which stated that learning is a conditioned behavior that could be programmed. The second era that lasted from 1966…

  • Interracial Marriages: Racial Literacy Components and Border Patrolling

    Interracial marriages have become an evident positive phenomenon of the present-day United States, but there are still those who share obsolete views and object to them. Bhusal (2017) states that systemic racist discrimination in the country persists despite recent efforts aimed at equality. Rockquemore and Henderson (2015) explore the issue in the context of interracial…

  • Interracial Marriages: Racial Literacy Components and Border Patrolling

    Interracial marriages have become an evident positive phenomenon of the present-day United States, but there are still those who share obsolete views and object to them. Bhusal (2017) states that systemic racist discrimination in the country persists despite recent efforts aimed at equality. Rockquemore and Henderson (2015) explore the issue in the context of interracial…

  • Researching of Mass Media Literacy

    Mass communication refers to how organizations tend to generate and transfer information to the general public. The evolution of mass conversation has greatly helped through the diverse roles in peoples daily endeavors. First, communication helps in surveillance where it serves as ears and eyes, especially to those seeking to know more about the world. Additionally,…