Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Critical Literacy Idea Exchange, April 7th
I went to hear a presentation at American University last night, given by Vivian Vasquez and Jerome Harste. The title was "What Should Literacy Look Like in the 21st Century?" We discussed literacy and curriculum, and a quote from the lecture really struck me: "We view curriculum as a metaphor for the lives we want to live and the people we want to be." I strive to create a socially relevant curriculum, one which reflects who I want my students to be. What do you think literacy and curriculum should look like in the 21st Century?
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I think literacy and curriculum should address problems in the 21st century. I also think it should give the students knowledge that they need to survive in the 21st century and how they should be thankful for how they have life and what life used to be like.
In the 21st century I think that we need to study and know our history. History is constantly repeating itself. Therefore if we know the mistakes we did in the past we are less likely to repeat them. With that knowledge we can hopefully become better people to build a better world. That's how literacy and cirriculum should look like.
In my opinion, literacy & curriculum should be based on history and the present. Literacy & curriculum should be based on history because in order to move on into the future people of the 2lst century must first know their past. However, mostly I think it should address the present because this is a time in which we are all living and some people are unaware of the world,so how can us as people possibly make our world better like we strive to do if we are unaware.
I think that in the 21st century literacy and curriculum should be based on history as well. I think this because basically everything that we learn today had some type of history down the line. Like Jessica D. said, history is building steadily and we learn more through it.
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