cultural literacy

cultural literacy
Knowledge of and ability to discuss the history of and major concepts underlying a culture, particularly ones own and those of ones peers.

Critics of contemporary culture generally posit a steep decline in cultural literacy.


Wikipedia foundation.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cultural literacy — is familiarity with and ability to understand the idioms, allusions, and informal content that create and constitute a dominant culture. From being familiar with street signs to knowing historical references to understanding the most recent slang …   Wikipedia

  • cultural literacy — cultural literacy, knowledge of the history, literature, music, art, science, and other aspects of a particular culture: »How, for instance, would Amy and her peers perform on Prof. E.D. Hirsch s recently published test of the 5,000 indicators of …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cultural health — is an education discipline, that facilitates being in possession of accurate cultural information, leading to a productive psychosocial orientation to a culture or cultures. Cultural Health implies intra, and/or inter, cultural competence… …   Wikipedia

  • Cultural Detective — is a core process for improving collaboration, productivity, satisfaction and effectiveness in an international or multicultural environment. The project is noteworthy for two primary reasons: it is a collaborative project of over 130 worldwide… …   Wikipedia

  • Literacy — Global adult literacy according to the CIA Factbook …   Wikipedia

  • cultural\ latency — The converse of cultural literacy, which measures how versed one is on the music, literature, and events of the times, cultural latency is a measure of how far behind the times one has become. Chuck s dad still thinks that going into the crane… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • cultural\ latency — The converse of cultural literacy, which measures how versed one is on the music, literature, and events of the times, cultural latency is a measure of how far behind the times one has become. Chuck s dad still thinks that going into the crane… …   Dictionary of american slang

  • Cultural studies — is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely… …   Wikipedia

  • Cultural-historical psychology — (also called the school of Vygotsky, sociocultural psychology, socio historical psychology, activity theory, cultural psychology, cultural historical activity theory, and social development theory) is a theory of psychology founded by Lev… …   Wikipedia

  • Cultural competence — refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, particularly in the context of human resources, non profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with persons from different cultural/ethnic… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”