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In search of the Santo Espiritu: Constructing literacy from historical evidence

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 ….

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In search of the Santo Espiritu: Constructing literacy from historical evidence

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  1. In search of the Santo Espiritu: Constructing literacy from historical evidence Mary Reynolds St Stithians College

  2. Baseline course (basic skills) Information literacy course

  3. Nishimuro (1999, p.1) Information literacy

  4. 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 www.fromnowon.org

  5. From evidence to hypothesis

  6. Observe …

  7. Plates, bowls, jars?

  8. Table 1: Table of keyword distribution

  9. Challenge hypothesis with questions Who What? Where? When? Basic facts Factual questions Prime questions Why? How? Which? What if? Reasons Causes Consequences Suppositions

  10. Scaffolding the research process Library +OPAC Skimming & scanning Keywords Multiple sources Evaluating Referencing

  11. Scaffolding understanding • Information processing sheet (IPS) example • Information processing sheet (IPS) template

  12. The story unfolds Jingdezhen Portuguese Carrack Macao

  13. Alternative routes? http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/map.html

  14. The story unfolds Trade winds Navigation instruments Ocean currents Astrolabe: Rabbi Zacuto Portugal 15thC Compass: 300 China BC

  15. The story unfolds Chinese map of Africa 1389 Chinese map of the World 1418

  16. The 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

  17. The story unfolds Black 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

  18. Survival! Vitrification = indestructible “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 Delgoa Bay

  19. Logistics Teacher turnover Time slot and length Cognitive Global awareness Sequencing and linking concepts Co-operation Superficial questions Ignore cached websites Cueing presentations Problems encountered

  20. Benefits • Global thinking • Holistic view of the world (North-South, East-West) • Integration • Natural Science • Geography • Arts & culture • Mathematics • English • Zulu

  21. The role of History • A unifying role in the curriculum • About culture , trade, art, language, influence • How different might our history have been if Zheng He had been a conqueror not just an explorer? • Toleration of uncertainty • Creative imagination and courage to challenge the unknown

  22. mreynolds@stithian.com

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