tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565336.post6019956889037792539..comments2023-11-05T02:31:39.789-05:00Comments on UNESCO In the Spotlight: Education and Culture: The Assessment of Literacy ProgramsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9565336.post-42636588879885525282007-04-12T13:45:00.000-04:002007-04-12T13:45:00.000-04:00In terms of the political sensitivity, just think ...In terms of the political sensitivity, just think of the madrasas that are teaching kids in Pakistan and Indonesia to read Arabic so that they can read the Koran in the original language. That education I think has obvious political ramifications, orienting the kids to an international Islamic culture rather than to the Indonesian nation state as presumably would a government school.<BR/><BR/>When you expand the definition of "literacy" from "learning to read" to other kinds of literacy, such as information literacy (which includes the ability to evaluate the credibility of sources) or scientific literacy (creationism versus evolution) there are other obvious and important political implications.John Dalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363204598363726098noreply@blogger.com