Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Written Statement:
For my biology project, I choose to focus on the illiteracy crisis in the world. When I first started my research, I thought that most of the illiterate people in the world were in third world countries. After a lot of research, I have proven myself wrong there are many illiterate people in the world including America. Literacy is a privilege that everyone should have no matter who they are. The main problem behind illiteracy is that is leads to other major global issues like over population, poverty, crime, disease, and learning disabilities. Illiteracy is also a problem because in some part of the world more than 50% of a community is illiterate. We should be concerned about the illiteracy crisis because many children now are illiterate which will lead to many m ore adults being illiterate in the future. If people are illiterate than they will not be able to work. This problem need to be changed, we need to educate our youth. We need to keep our kids engaged in school, and make sure they are happy. By doing this less children will be illiterate, which would lead to less adults being illiterate. Illiteracy can easily be fixed, we can open more clinic to help adults and children read, and we can get people to donate books supplies and money (which I did).These simple things will help save the lives of so many people, buy giving them the gift of literacy a lot in the world could happen. There are around one billion illiterate adults (persons 15 years old and above) in the world today and that is ashamed, With the public school systems, each child should be able to at least graduate from High School. So if there are other reason why kids are not getting educated, then something needs to change. The law of every child needing to go to school needs to be enforced. It is about time. (http://www.reading.org/downloads/meetings/ILD2007_literacy_facts.pdf) In this website I found out that by teaching mothers to read it decreases the infant mortality, which is not that shocking, but shows that illiteracy just does not affect the person who can not read or write, but their family and friends as well.
Case Studies:
http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001455/145587eo.pdf
This article is about how the government is spending our money on unnecessary things. When they should be using the money on schools and not wars. There was also an idea about getting more cost-effective schools.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/23/62/9a.pdf
This article is about adult literacy in the third world. It said that most women are illiterate in third world countries. This article also talks about how some places are starting to get programs for adults, so that they can learn how to read. Some of these programs are lacking people, because some illiterate people are too ashamed to get help. There are also some tips on literacy, and how to deal with it.
www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/.../Plutzar_CaseStudyMigrants_EN.doc
This case study is about how illiteracy is needed in the world. So that there are the people in th e world that will help out with little things and not be paid. The rest of this study is mostly about migrant immigrants, and how we need them to be our “hamsters” to see if the testing, and literacy teaching is working.
This article is about how the government is spending our money on unnecessary things. When they should be using the money on schools and not wars. There was also an idea about getting more cost-effective schools.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/23/62/9a.pdf
This article is about adult literacy in the third world. It said that most women are illiterate in third world countries. This article also talks about how some places are starting to get programs for adults, so that they can learn how to read. Some of these programs are lacking people, because some illiterate people are too ashamed to get help. There are also some tips on literacy, and how to deal with it.
www.coe.int/t/dg4/linguistic/.../Plutzar_CaseStudyMigrants_EN.doc
This case study is about how illiteracy is needed in the world. So that there are the people in th e world that will help out with little things and not be paid. The rest of this study is mostly about migrant immigrants, and how we need them to be our “hamsters” to see if the testing, and literacy teaching is working.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Articles:
Title: Indigenous Education and Illiteracy in The Third World:
Summary:
This article is about how the government is spending our money on unnecessary things. When they should be using the money on schools and not wars. There was also an idea about getting more cost-effective schools.
Author: Donald Hirsch
Date Published: 1991
Source
Web Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001455/145587eo.pdf
Title: Adult Literacy In The Third World: A Review of Objectives and Strategies
Summary:
This article is adult literacy in the third world. It said that most women are illiterate in third world countries. This article also talks about how some places are starting to get programs for adults, so that they can learn how to read. Some of these programs are lacking people, because some illiterate people are too ashamed to get help. There are also some tips on literacy, and how to read effectively.
Author: Lind, Agneta, Johnston, Anton
Date Published
Source
Web Link: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/23/62/9a.pdf
Title: The Literacy Crisis
Summary:
This article is just a general overview of illiteracy. What it is, how to keep your kids engaged, and some facts, and examples about illiteracy. This article is very sad because it proves that illiteracy is a major problem and a lot more people have it then we think. In this article you can also learn how to spread the love of reading, and making sure you help out in your community.
Author: Carol Lynn Mithers
Date Published: September 2001.
Source:
Web Link: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=9&did=78365048&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1274999886&clientId=7827
Title: Lack of Education in This Country
Summary:
This article is about how some students are illiterate because of their teachers. If a teacher is not passionate about what they are teaching, they can only fake the enthusiasm for so long. If a teacher really likes a class, they are more likely to want their students to be engaged. If a teacher hates the course that they are studying then they will not want to have to answer question, and be more likely to pass a student who is not supposed to be passed.
Author: Lauren Turchin
Date Published
Source
Web Link: http://www.helium.com/items/794937-lack-of-education-in-this-country
Title: Never too Late to Get Started on Reading
Summary:
This article is very inspiring. It talks about how there are clinics and libraries that are made for Adults who are fed up with not being able to read. They can go to these clinics and learn how to read and write from tutors. When adults leave they are able to read street signs, drug prescriptions, book which is a great achievement for these adults.
Author: Clyde Haberman
Date Published: April 19, 2010
Source:
Web Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/nyregion/20nyc.html
Summary:
This article is about how the government is spending our money on unnecessary things. When they should be using the money on schools and not wars. There was also an idea about getting more cost-effective schools.
Author: Donald Hirsch
Date Published: 1991
Source
Web Link: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001455/145587eo.pdf
Title: Adult Literacy In The Third World: A Review of Objectives and Strategies
Summary:
This article is adult literacy in the third world. It said that most women are illiterate in third world countries. This article also talks about how some places are starting to get programs for adults, so that they can learn how to read. Some of these programs are lacking people, because some illiterate people are too ashamed to get help. There are also some tips on literacy, and how to read effectively.
Author: Lind, Agneta, Johnston, Anton
Date Published
Source
Web Link: http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/23/62/9a.pdf
Title: The Literacy Crisis
Summary:
This article is just a general overview of illiteracy. What it is, how to keep your kids engaged, and some facts, and examples about illiteracy. This article is very sad because it proves that illiteracy is a major problem and a lot more people have it then we think. In this article you can also learn how to spread the love of reading, and making sure you help out in your community.
Author: Carol Lynn Mithers
Date Published: September 2001.
Source:
Web Link: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=9&did=78365048&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1274999886&clientId=7827
Title: Lack of Education in This Country
Summary:
This article is about how some students are illiterate because of their teachers. If a teacher is not passionate about what they are teaching, they can only fake the enthusiasm for so long. If a teacher really likes a class, they are more likely to want their students to be engaged. If a teacher hates the course that they are studying then they will not want to have to answer question, and be more likely to pass a student who is not supposed to be passed.
Author: Lauren Turchin
Date Published
Source
Web Link: http://www.helium.com/items/794937-lack-of-education-in-this-country
Title: Never too Late to Get Started on Reading
Summary:
This article is very inspiring. It talks about how there are clinics and libraries that are made for Adults who are fed up with not being able to read. They can go to these clinics and learn how to read and write from tutors. When adults leave they are able to read street signs, drug prescriptions, book which is a great achievement for these adults.
Author: Clyde Haberman
Date Published: April 19, 2010
Source:
Web Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/nyregion/20nyc.html
The Science Behind Illiteracy
There really is no science behind illiteracy, but there have been many case studies about illiteracy, and what causes illiteracy. There also have been case studies about what illiteracy causes. Illiteracy causes overpopulation, poverty, crime, and learning disabilities. Illiteracy can cause overpopulation because most uneducated people do not understand over population, and the effects of it so they just have kids because that is about all they can do. Illiteracy causes poverty because if you are illiterate you will not be able to find a decent job. Any jobs you get if you are lucky will pay badly, and if you do not have a job you will not be paid at all which leads to crime. People will start to steal things and hurting people because of their insecurity and anger. Illiteracy also leads to learning disabilities, because if you have not been reading or writing since you were 2 and you are twenty now your brain is not as “open” to learn (scientifically) like it would have been if you 2.
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