Cultural Literacy: Crassness or Canon?

CA Buckland

Cultural Literacy: Crassness or Canon?

CA Buckland

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In the world of multiliteracies, cultural literacy is something of a poor relation. The best known advocate of cultural literacy, E.D. Hirsch, argues that successful reading requires a knowledge of "taken-for-granted information that is not set down on the page." One aspect of this assumed information that is increasingly devalued is knowledge of 'high culture'. The higher one's level of cultural literacy, the more one can aesthetically and critically participate in reading and viewing. Cultural literacy should be taught to all students at all levels of education as it is a powerful instrument of social good.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Multiliteracies & English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information & Communication Technologies 2004 - Conference Proceedings
Editors	Diane Hansford
Place of Publication	Armidale, Australia
Publisher	University of New England
Pages	1-10
ISBN (Print)	1863899383
Publication status	Published - 2005
Event	Multiliteracies and English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies - University of New England, Armidale, Australia Duration: 24 Nov 2004 → 27 Nov 2004

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Conference	Multiliteracies and English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies
City	Armidale, Australia
Period	24/11/04 → 27/11/04

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Buckland, CA 2005, Cultural Literacy: Crassness or Canon? in D Hansford (ed.), Multiliteracies & English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information & Communication Technologies 2004 - Conference Proceedings. University of New England, Armidale, Australia, pp. 1-10, Multiliteracies and English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information and Communication Technologies, Armidale, Australia, 24/11/04. <https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/934>

Cultural Literacy: Crassness or Canon? / Buckland, CA.
Multiliteracies & English Teaching K-12 in the Age of Information & Communication Technologies 2004 - Conference Proceedings. ed. / Diane Hansford. Armidale, Australia: University of New England, 2005. p. 1-10.

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