The Nature and Function of Literacy: Sociology, Cybernetics, Politics.

Autor/in	Bhola, H. S.
Institution	Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Center for Innovation in Human Resource Development.
Titel	The Nature and Function of Literacy: Sociology, Cybernetics, Politics.
Quelle	(1973), (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Cognitive Processes; Developing Nations; Educational Programs; Functional Literacy; International Programs; Literacy Education; Philosophy; Political Attitudes; Political Influences; Politics; Social Change; Social Systems; Social Values; Technological Advancement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Funktionale Kompetenz; Philosophie; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Politik; Sozialer Wandel; Social system; Soziales System; Sozialer Wert; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	Mass literacy, largely the product of the nineteenth century European industrial revolution, may be considered in three facets. First, its sociology: human relationships are different when individuals can refer to permanent, written records than when they rely on a person-to-person transferral of information. Literacy also makes possible more complicated and different types of inquiry than is possible in non-literate cultures. Secondly, the cybernetics of literacy: it results in linearity in human thought processes with many side effects. Symbol-use has increased, making people more amenable to systems. Lastly, its political function: it is a mode of affiliation/exclusion used by elite groups to affiliate or exclude the non-elite in systems of ideas and their related institutions. Whether it represents an improvement is determined by the elite's concept of the nature of man, society, and good human institutions. Literacy has been one means for annexing men and their lives to ideologies, but there is an important distinction between partial and full affiliation. Literacy is not always welcomed by the governing elite because it also liberates while it annexes. (AG)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01