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21st Century Literacies
In Intelligence Reframed Howard Gardner contends that "literacies, skills, and disciplines ought to be pursued as tools that allow us to enhance our understanding of important questions, topics, and themes." Today's readers become literate by learning to read the words and symbols in today's world and its antecedents. They analyze, compare, evaluate and interpret multiple representations from a variety of disciplines and subjects, including texts, photographs, artwork, and data. They learn to choose and modify their own communication based on the rhetorical situation. Point of view is created by the reader, the audience and the medium.
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Basic Language Literacy, Visual Literacy, Spatial Literacy, Historical Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Information Literacy, Political Literacy and News Media Literacy, Scientific Literacy, Mathematical Literacy
In Intelligence Reframed Howard Gardner contends that "literacies, skills, and disciplines ought to be pursued as tools that allow us to enhance our understanding of important questions, topics, and themes." Today's readers become literate by learning to read the words and symbols in today's world and its antecedents. They analyze, compare, evaluate and interpret multiple representations from a variety of disciplines and subjects, including texts, photographs, artwork, and data. They learn to choose and modify their own communication based on the rhetorical situation. Point of view is created by the reader, the audience and the medium.
Click here for some great resources for
Basic Language Literacy, Visual Literacy, Spatial Literacy, Historical Literacy, Cultural Literacy, Information Literacy, Political Literacy and News Media Literacy, Scientific Literacy, Mathematical Literacy