Expanding the Reach of Literacy, Literature and Learning
| dc.contributor.author | Daniel, John | |
| dc.coverage.placeName | United Kingdom | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Europe | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Global | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-09-04T23:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-09-04T23:03:34Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005-05-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Association for Commonwealth Studies, The Literatures of the Commonwealth Conference, Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK, 15 May 2005, Expanding the reach of Literacy, Literature and Learning, By: Sir John Daniel, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning // An important principle in life, enunciated by Canada's former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, is 'to dance with the girl what brung you'. The Commonwealth of Learning, which I shall call COL, brought me to Windsor so I shall first tell you briefly what COL is and does. The raison d'ĂȘtre of COL is distance education and I shall argue that this relatively new approach to teaching and learning is having a particularly powerful impact on expanding the knowledge and appreciation of literature amongst a new adult audience. // I have given my remarks the title: Expanding the reach of Literacy, Literature and Learning. In talking to you I shall bear in mind the sage advice that my wife has given me at successive stages in my career in public speaking. When I was young it was 'say something interesting'; in middle age it was, 'don't be too long'; today it is simply 'stand up straight and pull your stomach in'. // It is both a relief and a challenge that you do not expect me to illustrate my remarks with slides. A relief because they might distract you from mistaking my words for thought; a challenge because it has been well said that there are two kinds of speakers, those with slides and those with ideas. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11599/1548 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Commonwealth of Learning (COL) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Learning for Sustainable Development | en_US |
| dc.subject | Literacy | en_US |
| dc.title | Expanding the Reach of Literacy, Literature and Learning | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |