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Literacy in Modern Society, 2005.
A discussion on the importance of literacy in modern society.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, AU$ 51.95
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This is a three page paper on the importance of literacy in modern society. The essay examines this question briefly from a variety of stances. Included are points regarding the value of an educated populace, the literacy requirements of modern businesses, and the centrality of literacy to modern education.
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"The modern world demands literacy as the cost for success in nearly every avenue of life. Literacy is fundamental to the operation and furtherance of Western civilization. A literate citizenry is wider read, understands more complex issues, and is better capable of functioning in society. In short, a literate population is a stronger What makes literacy so important to modern life? Laymen often challenge this conception, arguing that once they graduated from school they never picked up another book. However, this picture of reading doesn't take into account the sometimes-central role that literacy can play in the workplace. The United Way estimates that illiteracy costs U.S. businesses and taxpayers roughly $20 billion a year. Additionally, $5 billion a year is spent in the U.S. supporting individuals who are unemployed because of illiteracy (Korkki 7)."
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Architecture: Modernism, Pre-Modernism and Post-Modernism, 2002.
A discussion of the different movements - pre-modernism, modernism and post-modernism - in architectural history and how each one differs from the other.
2,550 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, AU$ 112.95
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A paper which discusses the different movements in architectural history and compares the differences between them. The paper shows how among these movements, modernism is the most popular and how it has influenced art and architecture in the United States and Europe. It shows, on the other hand, that pre-modernism is a less popular era in which architecture was influenced by the industrial age and its need for order and precision, and that Post-modernism was the movement that followed modernism and contains elements of both classicism and modernism.
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"During the modernism movement, architects started using steel and iron more in their designs and they also started focusing on functional designs. Apart from the use of steel and iron, concrete was also brought back to the architectural world. It is important to know here that concrete is one thing that sets late 19th century buildings from pre-modernism architectural designs. While concrete was first used by the Romans in 5 B.C., it was later taken over by other materials such as marble, stone, brick etc. Modernists are responsible for the revival of concrete in architecture."
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Intelligence and Literacy in United States Society, 2006.
Analyzes and compares articles by Howard Gardner and Jonathan Kozol on the subject.
855 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 44.95
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This paper presents an analysis of essays written by Howard Gardner ("Who Owns Intelligence?") and Jonathan Kozol ("The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society") on intelligence and literacy in American society today. The paper also contrasts the two essays.
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"Kozol does not concern himself as much with "types" of intelligence, but rather, what the "lack" of literacy does to a person's self-worth, which in turn relates to how he or she perceives himself/herself and how the person is perceived by society: "Resisting the definition of oneself in terms of what one cannot do, what others take for granted, represents a need so great that other imperatives (even one so urgent as the need to keep one's home in winter's cold) evaporate and fall away in place of fear. Even the loss of home and shelter, in this case, is not so terrifying as the loss of self." (Kozol) One could logically assume that an illiterate would have lesser amounts of Gardner's eight intelligences, as literacy is required for each of them, in one respect or another."
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"A Look at Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies", 2005.
An analysis of European colonialism as interpreted in the book "A Look at Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies."
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 1 source, AU$ 38.95
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The following paper looks at the impact of European colonialism upon its own self-identity and upon its place in the world by reviewing a text entitled, :Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies.: While the reading glosses over the impact of the Europeans upon the indigenous peoples they were displacing, it does offer some interesting insights into how overseas adventurism changed European cartography and self-identification.
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"As much as Western imperial powers may wish otherwise, there can be little doubt that colonialism inflicted great harm upon many indigenous peoples the world over. Of all the many depredations that can be laid at the feet of colonial activity, one of the most pernicious was - and remains - population displacement. Among other things, this paper will examine the extent to which population displacement is treated in Modernity: an Introduction to Modern Societies. As will soon become evident, the paper refers to the issue of population displacement only obliquely while focusing far more upon the impact of Western expansion and colonialism upon western self-identity. "
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From Modernism to Post-Modernism, 2005.
Describes the theories of four major thinkers of the modern and post-modern era, including Weber, Durkheim, Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz.
1,486 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 5 sources, APA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper summarizes the theories of these thinkers on the role of the individual and his/her relationship to the community. In conclusion, the author states that the thinking of Victor Turner is the most accurate and convincing.
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"Two thinkers -- Max Weber and Emile Durkheim -- were late modernist thinkers who developed theories about the relation of the individual to society. Their theories were appropriate to the industrial societies in which they lived. With the end of World War Two and the rise of the post-modern period, however, different ways of conceiving of the individual and society arose that sought to break with modernist thinking, including the thought of Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner."
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Modernism and Post-Modernism, 2002.
A discussion of the the study of film as a post-modern event.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 4 sources, AU$ 57.95
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Discusses the study of film as a post-modern event. Defines the aesthetic values & dynamics of modernism and post-modernism. Post-Modernism as a cultural, aesthetic & historical issue. Structuralist thinking. Development of post-modern material and fragmented surface style in film. Examples: CONTEMPT, RESEVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION.
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"Movements in artistic expression often occur spontaneously and are then given a name to identify a perceived trend. This is clearly the case with reference to both modernism and postmodernism, and the very fact that we have seen a need to find a name for the changed environment after 1960 shows that postmodernism exists in some degree--it exists because we have named it, but that does not make it any more a coherent or "intentional" movement than was modernism. In film terms, postmodernism primarily shows a certain weariness with modernism rather than a drive to something clearly new. The elevation of film to a subject for study is itself a postmodern event, signaling as it does the end of the modernist division into High and Low culture. The increasingly self-reflexive nature of modern film along with the elevation of style over substance are..."
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Post-Modern Rebellion Against Modernism, 2004.
A comparison of Jackson Pollock's and Andy Warhol's art.
1,494 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, AU$ 71.95
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This paper talks about, not only the significance of modernism and postmodernism, but also characteristics of both artists, Pollock and Warhol, along with their artworks.
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"An art-historical comparison of Jackson Pollock and Andy Warhol, two of the most celebrated artists of the mid to late twentieth century, is significant in demonstrating a shift from modernism to postmodernism. Pollock is represented as an ultimate expression of modernism and the embodiment of ambition for liberation in the 1950's. His drip paintings, which eliminated subject matter as essential , paved the way for modernist artists to take apart the foundations of all that was special in previous art making and abandon beauty as an ideal. Because of the significance of his work, modernism couldn't have gone as far without Pollock. The era of modernism, however, came to an end in 1964 according to Arthur Danto who stated that Warhol's art, especially his Brillo Boxes, marked its end. At the same time, as this work also implies the beginning of postmodernism, which is derived from modernist beliefs and attitudes, it is the art world with diverse aesthetic forms that broke with modernism. As a postmodernist and the enigmatic homosexual superstar of Pop Art, Warhol, adopted media, popular culture, and reproduction to rebel against the characteristics of modernism which Pollock's work and attitude toward art represented. By looking at two particular paintings, Pollock's Lucifer (1947) and Warhol's Triple Elvis (1961), we are able to bring out not only the differentiation of their personas and attitudes toward their art, but also the issues of Warhol's rebellion against modernist including Pollock."
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Modern Technology and Modern Malaise, 2002.
A look at the impact of information and communication technologies on society.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 7 sources, AU$ 154.95
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This paper is a discussion of information and communication technologies, and the effect of alienation that new technologies have on society. In this paper, technologies and social realms are described as integrated relationships. The impact of new innovations in digital and communication technologies is, in this essay, one of increased malaise and indifference within the social venue of these technologies. Technologies are changing so rapidly that the possibility of a social or global influence in the development of technology is eclipsed by the larger investment in change, not progress.
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Literacy in the Aegean Bronze Age, 2001.
This paper examines the Aegean Bronze Age in respect to literacy and society.
2,495 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, AU$ 109.95
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This paper studies the Bronze Age which was one of the great eras of our European past. It describes the widespread adoption of bronze metallurgy across Europe at the time, as well as the many technological advances. It examines the levels of literacy as well as the society and the writings of the Bronze Age scribes. It also discusses "The Linear B Decipherment" and how Evans continued to study it after the Balkan War. Finally, the paper concludes that the effects of writing and literacy on society were great and significant.
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"Anthropologists and archaeologists call certain societies ?iron age? or ?bronze age.? In doing this they recognize that the properties of the main metal used by a society?s technology greatly affect both its use and through this the nature of that society. For instance, bronze unlike iron is too soft to be used for ploughing; it is an alloy. Bronze can be smelted at lower temperatures than iron which need specialized supplies of charcoal. All these facts affect societies which use bronze and iron. For example, since bronze cannot be used for ploughing these societies cannot produce in many regions the large agriculture surplus iron societies can; since bronze requires tin bronze age societies had to trade, etc. (Claiborne, 1974) I believe the same parallel exists between the different characteristics of different writing systems and its use as a communication technology in a society."
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Educating a Society, 2005.
A discussion regarding the importance of literacy and the impact it has on society as a whole.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, AU$ 38.95
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This paper discusses the importance of literacy in education. This paper discusses of the role that literacy plays in educating others, in the lives of the educators, and its long-term importance for members of any society. Literacy is an important social benchmark. This paper concludes that the literate are traditionally more successful than the illiterate, a fact that should highlight its importance in education.
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"Education is a complex discipline that draws on research and analysis from a variety of other subjects, including psychology, child development, and philosophy. Educators must also be well versed in each of the subjects that they are expected to teach. Therefore, it can be difficult to isolate a singular topic that is a more crucial aspect of education. Which one aspect should students of education afford greater attention? However, it is clear that the study of education is highly reliant on one particular element. Without literacy, it would be all but impossible to teach any subject (let alone for educators themselves to learn about new subjects). "
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Technological Literacy, 2002.
A discussion of the growing need for critical computer literacy and its affect on the perception of ?literacy?.
1,920 words (approx. 7.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, AU$ 88.95
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This paper evaluates computer/technological literacy, the term given to frequent use of modern technologies, especially computers. It examines how with the growing use of computers in the workplace, classroom and home in addition to the Internet coming into common use as a marketplace, bank, library and communications tool, technological/computer literacy has become unavoidable. It discusses how computer literacy affects the notion of literacy itself and if they can be considered one and the same. Literacy at a basic level is considered the ability to read and therefore technology only provides a different medium with which to do so. It concludes that computer literacy is not is not an independent entity, but an extension and an expansion of literacy itself. Questions of the necessity of technological literacy are raised and discussed, and the relationship between "standard" literacy and computer or technological literacy is also analyzed.
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"New technologies, especially computers, are now being used personally as well. According to L.D. Labbo, computers are now being utilized in the home for things like ?digital shopping, travel services, studying, mail services, chatting, spiritual counseling, banking, [and] the paying of taxes?? (Labbo, Reinking and McKenna 275). In addition to these functions, the use of technology has increased significantly over the past few years. More people are using cellular phones, ?personal digital assistants? (PDAs), handheld computers and other wireless communication devices. Also, ATM machines are now commonplace, and hardly an urban block exists without one or (more frequently) more cash machines available for quick withdrawals."
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The Importance of Literacy, 2007.
A discussion on the importance of literacy skills, based on the book "Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglass, and the article "The Importance of Literacy and Numeracy Skills" by the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
901 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, AU$ 47.95
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The paper discusses how, although literacy is not literally a function of slavery as it was when Douglass wrote his narrative, literacy remains a tool of social and political empowerment. The paper explores how individuals with inadequate literacy skills cannot begin to compete in a job market based on information; to run for political office; to read articles or websites. The paper further discusses how literacy bestows on the individual a means of communicating with others, of sharing ideas and debating essential points in the hopes of changing minds and hearts. The paper concludes that, through mastery of the written word, poor and oppressed individuals can challenge the assumptions that guide the dominant culture and create transformation and change just as Douglass did over a century ago.
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"Literacy skills are, however, appropriately framed as an economic tool as they are in "The Importance of Literacy and Numeracy Skills." The Australian report represents the mentality of the twenty-first century, when literacy skills allow individuals the opportunity to "compete in the global marketplace (p. 6). Individuals need literacy skills to succeed just as Douglass did, but literacy rates are far higher now than they were in Douglass' age. As a result, citizens of industrialized nations are expected to master reading and writing skills in school."
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Article Reviews: Teaching Literacy, 2008.
This paper reviews two articles about teaching literacy: Duke et al's 'Authentic Literacy Activities for Developing Comprehension and Writing' and Mary F. Heller's 'Telling Stories and Talking Facts'.
2,170 words (approx. 8.7 pages), 2 sources, APA, AU$ 97.95
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This paper explains that authentic literacy is broadly thought of as reading and writing in a personal narrative format. The author relates that Duke et al in their article 'Authentic Literacy Activities for Developing Comprehension and Writing' reported on their study involving 26 second and third grade teachers to investigate the development of students' ability to comprehend and compose informational and procedural texts in science. The author points out that this research confirmed that language skills acquisition improves in an authentic context rather than through de-contextualized or abstract learning. The paper also tells about a study by Mary F. Heller reported in her article 'Telling Stories and Talking Facts: First Graders' Engagements in a Nonfiction Book Club', which investigated the nature of responses of a small group of girls to see if these responses were grounded in facts learned from the readings or were narrative in nature.
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Authentic Literacy Activities
Nonfiction Book Club
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"Authentic literacy activities as described in this article offer many advantages to a classroom teacher. We all wish to make our classes as interesting and relevant to our students as we possibly can. This definition of authentic writing and reading gives us a way to do this. Most all of us can recall how boring it seemed to mindlessly do worksheets or endless lists of practice exercises. By adding a "real" audience and a "real" purpose can make a writing assignment more meaningful or fun. Whether in graduate school or second grade, most of us would rather understand "why" we have to do an activity." Authentic literacy activities, as defined in this article, help students to understand that "why. Children can see how the skills they are learning are used by adults. In an age where students are subject to a great deal of test-preparation activities, doing something "real" might also be a welcomed break for teachers and students.
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Media Literacy and TV Production, 2004.
An extensive analysis to show the important link between literacy, critical thinking and any type of media undertaking within a school setting.
21,420 words (approx. 85.7 pages), 53 sources, MLA, AU$ 360.95
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This research paper examines the impact of integrating a media literacy unit into a public high school ninth grade Basic TV Production course in an effort to measure the development of student critical inquiry, thinking and viewing of media technology. This study expands upon initial research conducted by Renee Hobbs and Richard Frost (1999) in "Instructional Practices in Media Literacy Education and Their Impact on Student's Learning". In addition, the paper also discusses the concept of literacy as a prerequisite to the role it plays in the media arena. The paper contends that because media plays a more prevalent role in our everyday lives, it is imperative that literacy be incorporated into the educational structure, particularly for students are involved in media production.
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Introduction
Objectives of the Study
Background
Statement of the Problem
Current Approaches to Media Literacy Education
The Significance of This Study
Research Questions
Literature Review
Goals of Media Literacy
Guidelines for Media Instruction
Measuring Media Literacy in the K-12 Classroom
Implementing a Media Literacy Program
The Conceptual Framework
Research Methodology
Research Design
Sample Selection
Limitations of the Study
Data to Be Collected
Instrumentation
Definition of Key Terms
Information Sources
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"Student's have their own ideas about what and how to use certain mediums to express their ideas. Nicholas (2001) states that "Eisner (1994) contends that forms of representation influence how students' perceive, how they think, and how they express understanding. Each from embodies a different way to experience the world. The implications of student perceptions of different forms of representation relate to issues of cognitive pluralism and curricular balance. Providing students with frequent opportunities to construct and express meaning in different forms using a variety of symbol systems addresses the learners' capacity and need to create and manipulate symbols. The absence of these choices limits students' learning experiences and inhibits development of multiple forms of literacy. Advocates for an enriched curriculum argue that a wide spectrum of subjects, including visual arts, dance, music, theatre, and media production should be considered integral to a general education.""
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Literacy Perspectives From Jefferson To Now, 2008.
A look at how literacy skills have developed.
1,865 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 24 sources, APA, AU$ 86.95
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This paper discusses the importance of developing literacy skills, as apart from facilitating reading and writing, literacy allows us to make choices and participate fully in society. It provides an overview of the work of educationalists through the years and concludes that due to the importance of this subject literary studies should continue to be carried out.
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Jefferson, Education and Literacy
Freire, Education and Literacy
Lankshear, Education and Literacy
Henry Giroux, Education and Literacy
Perspectives on Literacy
Conclusion
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"Fundamental to the advocacy of literacy as an element of free and democratic societies is Thomas Jefferson's. According to him, there is direct relationship between good governance, responsible citizenship and literacy (Kozol, 1985) This implies that without literacy, governments can not claim that it is effective and neither can its citizens be able to fully participate and become active in society. Literacy is seen as critical to well-being and the ability to become productive. Similar to Socratic views on knowledge, learning and virtue, an illiterate person is not able to develop the knowledge that can bring his enlightenment so that he can live a moral and just life (Freeman & Kassebaum, 1956). Such a view also suggests that literacy is an agent of social progress and the vehicle for social justice, liberty and democracy."
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Early Childhood Literacy, 2006.
This paper discusses the role of family literacy in early childhood literacy as based on an observation of an Asian family.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 3 sources, APA, AU$ 39.95
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This paper explains that more and more administrators and social theorists are recognizing that culture influences literacy as do societal changes that dictate what knowledge is and how it should be acquired. The author points out that literacy is much more than reading including early experiences such as playing with other children, shopping and even changing the channel on the television. The paper relates that the key is that parents actively engage their children during activities, asking them questions about their activity and encouraging children to communicate their interpretations, feelings and attitudes about various events.
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Observations of Family and Home
Literacy as a Social Practice
Contexts for Learning
Interpretations
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"Studies suggest that literacy is a multi-dimensional function and that children who are more literate are more likely to experience multiple forms of literacy in their homes and communicate frequently with members of their household in various ways. Other studies suggest that literacy draws from social practice suggesting that critical literacy is influenced by socio-cultural factors, and that children learn or acquire their literacy ability as they take part in every day social activities and practices including playing, commuting, viewing TV, and engaging in other activities with their families."
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