tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20448757682991282482011-07-07T13:57:17.188-07:00"In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: collection of the facts to determine whether injustices exist; negotiation; self purification; and direct action." - Letters From A Birmingham Jail (King Jr.)Hallabrin.Morgan.09http://www.blogger.com/profile/10433532972526873265noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044875768299128248.post-89471044108115133842009-08-25T22:50:00.000-07:002009-08-25T23:32:09.577-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ldD3e9tRH_w/SpTNUnLnKNI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/2XMRX3Hm4AM/s1600-h/P4100429.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ldD3e9tRH_w/SpTNUnLnKNI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/2XMRX3Hm4AM/s320/P4100429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374146009358608594" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">An advertisement in Barcelona, Spain</span></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Is academic literacy a skill that we acquire by obediently following directions and cues from teachers and educators?  Does reading canonized classics, such as Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, build our academic literacy? Have we mastered academic literacy if we possess an inherent ability to memorize facts that themes presented in lectures and texts?  How will academic literacy transfer into our daily lives?  Can academic literacy transcend the walls of the classroom?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: 19px; ">                                 </span></span></span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 225px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ldD3e9tRH_w/SpTS-IImSsI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/hbU9OO5m9uk/s320/13780828.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374152220137114306" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">E D Hirsch Jr., a U.S. educator and academic literary critic, states that cultural literacy is a critical piece of a student’s educational success.</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">  </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">In his book entitled </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Hirsch argues that if students do not internalize specific American cultural literacy pieces then they will be unable to navigate plot lines in novels, successfully master reading comprehension passages and make sound predictions when reading various texts.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Which is more important; cultural literacy or academic literacy?</span></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2044875768299128248-8947104410811513384?l=itec814mhallabrin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hallabrin.Morgan.09http://www.blogger.com/profile/10433532972526873265noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2044875768299128248.post-21553583339482250472009-08-18T19:00:00.000-07:002009-08-18T19:23:21.366-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ldD3e9tRH_w/SotdvBtEQrI/AAAAAAAAAJE/o7j_RaYkolw/s1600-h/209fried.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ldD3e9tRH_w/SotdvBtEQrI/AAAAAAAAAJE/o7j_RaYkolw/s320/209fried.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371490043062141618" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Art Personal.  Art Philosophical.</span></span></span><br /><div> <br /><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">Who am I?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What is it to be a person?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What does it take for a person to persist from one time to another—that is, for      the </span></span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">same</span></span></span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> person to exist at different times?</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">How do we find out who is who?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What is our basic metaphysical nature? For instance, what are we made of?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"> How different could I have been from the way I actually am? </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 22px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;">What is the practical importance of facts about our identity and persistence?</span></span></span><br /></li></ul><div><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">"Personal Identity." </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Stanford Encyclopedia</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">. Stanford University. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" white-space: pre; font-family:'Courier New';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">n.d. Web.26 Nov. 2008. </span><a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"><</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px; white-space: normal; font-family:'Times New Roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" "><a href="http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-personal/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">personal/></span></a></span></span></span><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-family:Times;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><h4 style="text-indent: -0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:12pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: normal;font-size:13px;"><br /></span></h4><div style="text-indent: -48px;"><br /></div></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 22px;font-family:Times;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2044875768299128248-2155358333948225047?l=itec814mhallabrin.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Hallabrin.Morgan.09http://www.blogger.com/profile/10433532972526873265noreply@blogger.com1