Symbols of harm, literacies of hope

• Authors: Roy Fox
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author argues that our best hope for addressing world problems (from climate change to violence, to poverty) is to teach critical thinking through the study of language and all symbol systems. This means removing disciplinary boundaries so that we can focus more effectively on solving common problems. Human survival also depends upon our critical analysis of electronic media and our wise uses of technology. Critical thinking via all symbol systems is more likely to generate humane actions. Therefore, education-not governments or armies or institutions or private corporations-is our best hope.

Keywords

EN

curriculum integration; symbols; thinking; media

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 256-262

Dates

published

2012-04-01

online

2012-03-20

Contributors

author

Roy Fox

• University of Missouri

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s13374-012-0021-4