to decode/encode those words;
to bring ourselves to those pages;
to make meaning of those pages as they relate to our experiences, our possibilities; our cultures; and our knowledges.
Reading the World means:
to decode/encode the people around us;
to decode/encode the community that surrounds us;
to decode/encode the visible and invisible messages of the world.
Literacy education is ultimately about the kind of society and the kind of citizens/subjects that could and should be constructed. Teaching and learning just isn't a matter of skill acquisition or knowledge transmission or natural growth. It's about building identities and cultures, communities and institutions.
-Allan Luke and Peter Freebody, 1999
2 comments:
concerning the first lines: pretty well written/said- so true..
concerning the lines about the world: ..and in doing so we just can draw on nearly unlimited resources if we live consciously- an/our unexhaustible source!
love your blog, too- glad you've left something on mine so i could find yours ;)
Thanks Rosalie,
I came to your site through my film website that you are linked to (Bluegrass Film Society)... I liked your posts (especially that you like Kieslowski) ... I look forward to reading more :)
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