AIMS OF EDUCATION

Literacy Cartoon

LIBERTY & LITERACY

(See editorial on graduation)

(Exit Exams)


Perspectives of Literacy

Conventional Literacy-Ability to read, write and comprehend
 

            1) Those who want to emphasize the literacy growth in American
            2) Those who don’t want to fund adult education
            Obscures social and educational inequalities that other conceptions of literacy reveal



Functional Literacy-Using printed and written information to function in society to achieve one's goals and to develop ones knowledge and potential
 

(International Comparison)



Cultural Literacy-Not just to read in the technical sense of the word, but to be culturally literate, knowing historical names, geographical places, authors; a basic foundation of knowledge to give meaning to the words (Core Knowledge Schools)
 


Critical Literacy: 1) Literacy is associated with power  2)  Those with power are able to define knowledge  3)  Goal for literacy should be to empower people to criticize and change political and economic oppression.
It is the ability to understand and act against the social relations of oppression
Sometimes known as the emancipatory literacy

Critical Literacy argues:


Organization & curriculum of schools responsible for this compliance. Schools teach compliance in the following ways:

Contradiction between the non-democratic relations of daily life (work, school) and the proclamation of democracy. Taught not to expect participation in fundamental decisions affecting peoples' lives.

Literacy Outcomes

New Hanover County elementary schools

Comparison by County scores

NC Writing Test Results S.E. Counties 2005

Examples of students' 8th grade writing on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Three categories are used: "below basic," "basic," and "proficient."

NAEP Writing Results 2002  NAEP Writing Rubric

Reform: Results that Matter 21st Century Skills and High School Reform, 2006: Report Summary