Comments on: Definitions: Cultural Literacy Redefined http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/ Challenge The Status Quo Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:53:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: tabby http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25448 tabby Tue, 23 Sep 2008 05:51:54 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25448 can u explain in people words? i dont get it. can u explain in people words? i dont get it.

]]> By: Todd http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25292 Todd Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:19:14 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25292 <strong>emily</strong>, all I'm saying here is that cultural literacy should be defined in terms of what's worth knowing, what the value is in having that knowledge. <blockquote><p>What is the use of cultural literacy? What is the value of it? One question asks how the knowledge can be applied. The other asks why it’s worth doing so.... Knowledge for knowledge sake isn’t a valuable thing necessarily.</p></blockquote> This means that cultural literacy has likely changed dramatically and doesn't include much of the <a href="http://www.interleaves.org/~rteeter/grtbloom.html" rel="nofollow">Western Canon</a> anymore because it is increasingly irrelevant. emily, all I’m saying here is that cultural literacy should be defined in terms of what’s worth knowing, what the value is in having that knowledge.

What is the use of cultural literacy? What is the value of it? One question asks how the knowledge can be applied. The other asks why it’s worth doing so…. Knowledge for knowledge sake isn’t a valuable thing necessarily.

This means that cultural literacy has likely changed dramatically and doesn’t include much of the Western Canon anymore because it is increasingly irrelevant.

]]> By: emily http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25290 emily Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:14:50 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-25290 this makes no sense try to explain it better this makes no sense try to explain it better

]]> By: marina http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-20504 marina Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:11:10 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-20504 what do you must mean in the 21st century to be fully literate?? what do you must mean in the 21st century to be fully literate??

]]> By: six5guy http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-855 six5guy Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:29:15 +0000 http://www.toddseal.com/rodin/2006/07/definitions-cultural-literacy-redefined/#comment-855 [...] A few days ago, I discussed the value of cultural literacy in the modern era and concluded that, indeed, cultural literacy is still relevant. In response to this, Todd Seal made a relevant point: what exactly is useful or valuable about cultural literacy? It requires a distinctive context; one needs to clearly define the culture that one wishes to become literate in. Merely saying that one is “culturally literate” is not enough; one needs to define the culture that one is literate in. In other words, I define cultural literacy as the ability to comprehend the context of a given culture. [...] [...] A few days ago, I discussed the value of cultural literacy in the modern era and concluded that, indeed, cultural literacy is still relevant. In response to this, Todd Seal made a relevant point: what exactly is useful or valuable about cultural literacy? It requires a distinctive context; one needs to clearly define the culture that one wishes to become literate in. Merely saying that one is “culturally literate” is not enough; one needs to define the culture that one is literate in. In other words, I define cultural literacy as the ability to comprehend the context of a given culture. [...]

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