Being open minded, curious and educated in history and art might be the best way to master cultural literacy. “We need to be aware of our differences and talk openly about them,” said assistant ...

At the heart of the organization is a mission to preserve and advance artistic and cultural traditions that have long shaped ...

Cultural literacy in comics is not a new thing. Knowing a character's history or having expertise in scientific Flash Facts are both different kinds of cultural literacy. Using either or both to tell ...

There is a certain amount of cultural literacy demanded of people. Without it, one will most certainly become a cultural pariah in a group of friends. As people spit movie lines at you, their meaning ...

Twenty summers ago, in 1987, as the shadows fell on the Reagan years, a professor of English at the University of Virginia, E. D. Hirsch, published a surprise best seller: "Cultural Literacy: What ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

It's not that Eugene Rodriguez, 51, thinks culture alone can harmonize relations among the races, but from his view as director of Los Cenzontles Mexican Arts Center in Richmond, Calif., it goes a ...

Coding and computer science are typically associated with outcomes around problem-solving and analytical skills. For instruction that yields cultural literacy, we most often look to language arts and ...

As I was using a case study with EMBA students in Vietnam, a realization came to me that I had never experienced to such a great extent: More importance needs to be placed on cultural literacy in our ...

Non-traditional adult learners entering institutions of higher education often experience a gap between their home culture(s) and the culture of the academy. While current discussions of a cultural ...

Individuals communicate through a shared body of cultural knowledge or a common vocabulary. The cultural literacy of American students has recently come under intense scrutiny. The extent and depth of ...