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Connections - Literacy and Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Iceland, Traditional literacy, usually defined as the ability to read print materials, is but one component in a connected series. In an effort to facilitate the concept of connections, this book has been divided into four main sections: The many faces of literacy, Connections - Literacy and Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Iceland

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Connections - Literacy and Cultural Heritage: Lessons from Iceland
Written by author Darlene E. Weingand
Published by The Scarecrow Press, Inc., December 1992
Traditional literacy, usually defined as the ability to read print materials, is but one component in a connected series. In an effort to facilitate the concept of connections, this book has been divided into four main sections: The many faces of literacy
Discusses the reasons for the remarkable, nearly 100%, print literacy rate in Iceland. Numerous tables summarize the interview data and implications for the future.BooknewsIceland has been 100% literate for centuries, and Weingand (educati

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Foreword
Preface
List of Tables
Sect. I The Many Faces of Literacy
1 The Importance of Cultural Literacy 3
Roots: Connections with Heritage 4
America, Roots and the Study of Humanities 6
Connections and the Humanities 15
Connections: Communications 18
2 Print Literacy: The Ability to Read 21
Literacy and Language 22
The Permutations of Literacy 25
The "Bottom Line" 27
3 Media Literacy: Critical Analysis of What We Hear and See 31
The Cultural Imperative 31
Language and the Graphic Record 34
Technology as an Evolution of Language 38
Today's Technologies 41
Social Impacts 49
The Importance of Critical Analysis 52
Sect. II The Land and People of Iceland
4 The Setting 57
A Dramatic Beginning 57
Portrait of a Landscape 60
5 A Heritage Revisited 68
A Tale of Diverse Origins 68
Portrait of a People: A Brief History 71
Today's Icelanders 78
6 The Literature: A Living, Breathing Transmission of Culture 82
Icelandic: A Language Spanning Centuries 83
The Edda: A Mixture of Poetry and Religion 86
The Sagas: A Merging of Literature and History 87
Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales 91
A Tapestry for All Seasons 95
Sect. III The Lessons from Iceland
7 Prologue 99
Background 100
Methodology 102
8 Language, History and Literature: The Linkages Between Past and Present 113
Language: An Inter-Cultural Expression 113
The Legacy of History and Literature 116
Commentary 125
9 An Examination of Reading: Who, What, When, Where, How and Why 127
Attitudes Toward Reading 130
Personal Reading Experiences 134
Materials Choices and Sources 142
Reading Time Preferences and Locations 150
Perceived Impacts on Reading 155
Reading to Others: Continuation of a Heritage 156
Sect. IV Implications for the Future
10 From Past to Present: The Impacts of Literacy 163
The Evidence for Yesterday 164
The Evidence for Today and Tomorrow 170
Final Comments: Icelanders Consider the Issues 178
Summary: The Lessons of Iceland 185
Chapter Notes 190
Appendices 200
Index 205
About the Author 214

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	Foreword
	Preface
	List of Tables
Sect. I	The Many Faces of Literacy
1	The Importance of Cultural Literacy	3
	Roots: Connections with Heritage	4
	America, Roots and the Study of Humanities	6
	Connections and the Humanities	15
	Connections: Communications	18
2	Print Literacy: The Ability to Read	21
	Literacy and Language	22
	The Permutations of Literacy	25
	The "Bottom Line"	27
3	Media Literacy: Critical Analysis of What We Hear and See	31
	The Cultural Imperative	31
	Language and the Graphic Record	34
	Technology as an Evolution of Language	38
	Today's Technologies	41
	Social Impacts	49
	The Importance of Critical Analysis	52
Sect. II	The Land and People of Iceland
4	The Setting	57
	A Dramatic Beginning	57
	Portrait of a Landscape	60
5	A Heritage Revisited	68
	A Tale of Diverse Origins	68
	Portrait of a People: A Brief History	71
	Today's Icelanders	78
6	The Literature: A Living, Breathing Transmission of Culture	82
	Icelandic: A Language Spanning Centuries	83
	The Edda: A Mixture of Poetry and Religion	86
	The Sagas: A Merging of Literature and History	87
	Icelandic Folk and Fairy Tales	91
	A Tapestry for All Seasons	95
Sect. III	The Lessons from Iceland
7	Prologue	99
	Background	100
	Methodology	102
8	Language, History and Literature: The Linkages Between Past and Present	113
	Language: An Inter-Cultural Expression	113
	The Legacy of History and Literature	116
	Commentary	125
9	An Examination of Reading: Who, What, When, Where, How and Why	127
	Attitudes Toward Reading	130
	Personal Reading Experiences	134
	Materials Choices and Sources	142
	Reading Time Preferences and Locations	150
	Perceived Impacts on Reading	155
	Reading to Others: Continuation of a Heritage	156
Sect. IV	Implications for the Future
10	From Past to Present: The Impacts of Literacy	163
	The Evidence for Yesterday	164
	The Evidence for Today and Tomorrow	170
	Final Comments: Icelanders Consider the Issues	178
	Summary: The Lessons of Iceland	185
	Chapter Notes	190
	Appendices	200
	Index	205
	About the Author	214