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Cultural literacy — is familiarity with and ability to understand the idioms, allusions, and informal content that create and constitute a dominant culture. From being familiar with street signs to knowing historical references to understanding the most recent slang … Wikipedia
cultural literacy — cultural literacy, knowledge of the history, literature, music, art, science, and other aspects of a particular culture: »How, for instance, would Amy and her peers perform on Prof. E.D. Hirsch s recently published test of the 5,000 indicators of … Useful english dictionary
Cultural health — is an education discipline, that facilitates being in possession of accurate cultural information, leading to a productive psychosocial orientation to a culture or cultures. Cultural Health implies intra, and/or inter, cultural competence… … Wikipedia
Cultural Detective — is a core process for improving collaboration, productivity, satisfaction and effectiveness in an international or multicultural environment. The project is noteworthy for two primary reasons: it is a collaborative project of over 130 worldwide… … Wikipedia
Literacy — Global adult literacy according to the CIA Factbook … Wikipedia
cultural\ latency — The converse of cultural literacy, which measures how versed one is on the music, literature, and events of the times, cultural latency is a measure of how far behind the times one has become. Chuck s dad still thinks that going into the crane… … Dictionary of american slang
cultural\ latency — The converse of cultural literacy, which measures how versed one is on the music, literature, and events of the times, cultural latency is a measure of how far behind the times one has become. Chuck s dad still thinks that going into the crane… … Dictionary of american slang
Cultural studies — is an academic field grounded in critical theory and literary criticism. It generally concerns the political nature of contemporary culture, as well as its historical foundations, conflicts, and defining traits. It is, to this extent, largely… … Wikipedia
Cultural-historical psychology — (also called the school of Vygotsky, sociocultural psychology, socio historical psychology, activity theory, cultural psychology, cultural historical activity theory, and social development theory) is a theory of psychology founded by Lev… … Wikipedia
Cultural competence — refers to an ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, particularly in the context of human resources, non profit organizations, and government agencies whose employees work with persons from different cultural/ethnic… … Wikipedia
