lesson-3 week 1 Civic Literacy/pakikipagkapwa tao.pptx

Civic Literacy

1. 2. What is participation? 1. What comes first in your mind when we say pakikipagkapwa ? 3. What is citizen means?

2. Civic literacy

3. What is civic literacy? Is a body of skills, knowledge, and attitudes that enable a citizen to actively participate and initiate changes in the community and the greater society. The word civic derived from the word ‘’ civitas ’’ the Greek word for citizen . The goals of civic literacy are modest: for citizens to think beyond the confines their homes and extend their participation to the community and society. Using local idioms, civic literacy taps into the notion of pakikipagkapwa - thinking beyond oneself, reaching out to a fellow or a kapwa .

4. Civic literacy can be interchanged with civic education. It affirms that each and every one is a citizen possessing both rights and responsibilities. A civic literate individual possesses an increasing awareness of issues in his/her immediate community. He/she acts responsibly in all spheres of human activities and is aware of the implications of wrongdoings both to himself/herself and the community. He/she has an incessant desire to know more about national affairs – from current affairs to issuance about governance.

5. Subsumed under civic literacies are the following: 1. Environmental literacy Often used interchangeably with terms such as ‘ ’ecological literacy and environmental education ’’ Is the ability to recognize that an individual choice or action has implications for the environment and the knowledge to identify the most efficient and more importantly, sustainable solution to a problem. Environmental literate Citizens are expected to know basic environmental information, by which human action harms the environment. Aware that for planet to be truly saved, the knowledge, skills, and attitudes must be transmitted to the future generations.

6. 2. Financial literacy Relates to an individual capacity to manage inflows and outflows of money . ‘ ’The ability to make informed judgements and to take effective decisions regarding the use and management of money ’’ (Schagen 2007). ‘’ Familiarity with the most basic economic concepts is needed to make sensible saving and investment decisions ’’ (Lusardi and Mitchell 2007).

7. 3.Multicultural literacy Is best understood using the lens of difference. Cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual, socio-economic, religious, and linguistic differences govern societies, and its through these differences that no one culture is intrinsically superior to another. Multicultural literacy fosters an environment centered around the celebration of diversity and the promotion of social justice. Multiculturally literate citizen recognizes and respects the presence of others in his/her immediate community and society who are different form him/her and that diversity creates a rich tapestry of human beings.

8. 4. Media literacy Defined as the ‘’ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms and across a variety of platforms’’ (Livingstone 2004). The most basic definition of media literacy was formulated in 1992 by the Aspen Media Literacy Leadership Institute: ‘’ Media Literacy is the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms and across a variety of platforms’’

9. Take note, as you engage with the increasingly complex information and entertainment media that flood your senses everyday, the tools of media literacy should enable you to become a successful student, a mindful consumer, and in the near future, a productive worker and responsible citizen.