The Impact of the Development of Information and Communication Technologies, and of Globalization in the Teaching of the Humanities: Prognosis and Suggestions for Change
Corresponding Author(s) : Priscilla Gac-Artigas
AMAUTA,
Vol. 17 No. 34 (2019): Amauta
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In this paper, will present a concise description of the economic and ideological reasons determining the current state of the teaching of the humanities. We will discuss how the concentration of power of the publishing world and that of the communications industry in a handful of consortia, on the one hand, and the parceling out of information in the media as well as the manipulation of technology on the other, is affecting people´s literacy, critical thinking and communication skills. Finally, we will argue for the need, and the ways, to transform the approach of teaching literature and other humanistic disciplines in order to overturn this crisis by educating individuals who could challenge the status quo of economic, ideological and political power.
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