in search of the santo espiritu: constructing literacy from historical evidence
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In search of the Santo Espiritu: Constructing literacy from historical evidence. Mary Reynolds St Stithians College. Baseline course (basic skills). Information literacy course. Nishimuro (1999, p.1) Information literacy. The Question is …. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
In search of the In search of the Santo Espiritu:Santo Espiritu: Constructing literacy from Constructing literacy from
historical evidencehistorical evidence
Mary ReynoldsSt Stithians College
Baseline course Baseline course (basic skills)(basic skills)
Information Information literacy courseliteracy course
What is Information Literacy?
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Computer Literacy
PC OperationEmailWord processorSpread sheetPresentation toolGroupwareDatabase access
Information Literacy
* Computer Literacy+ Information finding+ Information understanding+ Information value/creation+ Collaboration with others through communication
* = Ability to solve problems, take advantage of information technology and networks
What is Information Literacy?
Traditional LiteracyReadWriteCalculate
Computer Literacy
PC OperationEmailWord processorSpread sheetPresentation toolGroupwareDatabase access
Information Literacy
* Computer Literacy+ Information finding+ Information understanding+ Information value/creation+ Collaboration with others through communication
* = Ability to solve problems, take advantage of information technology and networks
What is Information Literacy?
Traditional LiteracyReadWriteCalculate
Computer Literacy
PC OperationEmailWord processorSpread sheetPresentation toolGroupwareDatabase access
Information Literacy
* Computer Literacy+ Information finding+ Information understanding+ Information value/creation+ Collaboration with others through communication
* = Ability to solve problems, take advantage of information technology and networks
What is Information Literacy?
Traditional LiteracyReadWriteCalculate
Computer Literacy
PC OperationEmailWord processorSpread sheetPresentation toolGroupwareDatabase access
Information Literacy
* Computer Literacy+ Information finding+ Information understanding+ Information value/creation+ Collaboration with others through communication
* = Ability to solve problems, take advantage of information technology and networks
Nishimuro (1999, p.1) Information literacy
The Question is …The Question is …
The question is how come the teacher asks all the questionswhen I'm the one who needs to know things. The question iswhy I'm supposed to have the answersto all my parent's questions when they can't answer mine. The question iswhy scientists ask ten questions for every answer they getbut I have to answer seven out of ten to pass. The question iswhy politicians learn not to answer questionswhile I must learn how to answer them. The question iswhy questions have to be answered fast in schoolwhen philosophers take years to answer them.The question iswhy there are so many little questions in schoolwhen Marie Curie spent her whole life on one big question.The question iswhy I must find answers to already answered questionswhen I have questions that have not yet been answered.The question iswhy can't I be in charge of the questions? Jamie McKenzie Jamie McKenzie www.fromnowon.org
From evidence to hypothesisFrom evidence to hypothesis
Observe …Observe …
Plates, bowls, jars?Plates, bowls, jars?
Keyword 1Keyword 1 Keyword 2Keyword 2 Keyword 3Keyword 3 Keyword 4Keyword 4 Keyword 5Keyword 5
Learner 1Learner 1 Double Mouth
carrack survival vitrification China
Learner 2Learner 2Macao
Santo Espiritu
cobaltAgulhas current
navigation instruments
Learner 3Learner 3 Delgoa Bay shipwrecks Ming sherds trade winds
Learner 4Learner 4 Portugal/Portuguese
Indian Ocean
Symbols Porcelain Jingdezhen
Table 1: Table of keyword distributionTable 1: Table of keyword distribution
Challenge hypothesis with questionsChallenge hypothesis with questions
Factual questionsFactual questions
Prime questionsPrime questions
WhoWho
What?What?
Where?Where?
When?When?
Why?Why?
How?How?
Which?Which?
What if?What if?
Basic factsBasic facts
ReasonsReasons
CausesCauses
ConsequencesConsequences
SuppositionsSuppositions
Scaffolding the research processScaffolding the research process
Library +OPACLibrary +OPAC
KeywordsKeywords
EvaluatingEvaluating
Skimming & Skimming & scanningscanning
Multiple sourcesMultiple sources
ReferencingReferencing
Scaffolding understandingScaffolding understanding
• Information processing sheet (IPS) example
• Information processing sheet (IPS) template
The story unfoldsThe story unfolds
Jingdezhen
MacaoMacaoPortuguese Portuguese CarrackCarrack
Alternative routes?Alternative routes?
http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/map.html
The story unfoldsThe story unfolds
Trade winds
Ocean currentsOcean currents
Navigation Navigation instrumentsinstruments
Astrolabe: Rabbi Zacuto Astrolabe: Rabbi Zacuto Portugal 15thCPortugal 15thC
Compass: 300 China BCCompass: 300 China BC
The story unfoldsThe story unfolds
Chinese map of Africa 1389
Chinese map of the World 1418
The story unfoldsThe story unfolds
The Wild Coast is exactly that: “the pounding breakers and cauldron of its boiling seas when stormy conditions reign” causing many shipwrecks.
http://www.beachandbush.co.za/thingsToSee/scenic_places/wild_coast_shipwrecks
The story unfoldsThe story unfoldsBlack Rock is a graveyard to a number of ships, such as the Santo Espiritu which ran aground in 1608. Testimony to this are a number of Carnelian beads and Chinese blue and white Ming porcelain shards found in the shingle and grass lining the rocky shore.
http://www.dispatch.co.za/1999/12/13/entertainment/FUN1.HTM
Survival!Survival!
Vitrification = indestructibleVitrification = indestructible
Delgoa BayDelgoa Bay
“Of the original party of 72 only nine made it back to Delgoa Bay … where they were hoping to find a ship to transport them back to Portugal and only four of these men made the trip back home.”Port Elizabeth Times
Problems encounteredProblems encountered
• LogisticsLogistics– Teacher turnoverTeacher turnover– Time slot and lengthTime slot and length
• CognitiveCognitive– Global awarenessGlobal awareness– Sequencing and linking conceptsSequencing and linking concepts– Co-operationCo-operation– Superficial questionsSuperficial questions– Ignore cached websitesIgnore cached websites– Cueing presentationsCueing presentations
BenefitsBenefits
• Global thinkingGlobal thinking– Holistic view of the world (North-South, East-West)Holistic view of the world (North-South, East-West)
• IntegrationIntegration– Natural ScienceNatural Science– GeographyGeography– Arts & cultureArts & culture– MathematicsMathematics– EnglishEnglish– ZuluZulu
The role of HistoryThe role of History
• A unifying role in the curriculumA unifying role in the curriculum• About culture , trade, art, language, influenceAbout culture , trade, art, language, influence• How different might our history have been if Zheng He had How different might our history have been if Zheng He had
been a conqueror not just an explorer?been a conqueror not just an explorer?• Toleration of uncertaintyToleration of uncertainty• Creative imagination and courage to challenge the unknownCreative imagination and courage to challenge the unknown