Not exact matches
According to Dr. Gay, «culturally responsive teaching acknowledges the legitimacy of the
cultural heritages of different ethnic groups, builds bridges of meaningfulness between home and school, uses a wide variety of instructional strategies that are connected to different learning styles, teaches students to know and praise their own and each others»
cultural heritages, and incorporates multicultural
information, resources, and materials in all the subjects and skills routinely taught in schools» (p. 29).
Clifford Lynch, executive director of the Coalition for Networked
Information, called the library ebook situation «appalling,» explaining that denying libraries unfettered access to ebooks threatens the library mission to «preserve
cultural heritage, provide accommodation for people with disabilities, and protect individual privacy,»
according to the report.
According to
information provided by
Cultural DC at the zoning hearing, a selection panel of five to seven jurors comprised of «artists, community members, [and] local business owners» appointed by
Cultural DC, will determine who has access the proposed 2,300 square foot studio spaces which represents a 96 % reduction in the existing workspace at Union Arts.
According to the artists, by «exposing these fragile and supposedly timeless
cultural artefacts to the processes of decomposition... The garden becomes a sensual reading room; a library; an
information platform; an invitation to a provocatively foreign realm of knowledge.»
Miami ranked seventh in the United States and 33rd among global cities in terms of business activity, human capital,
information exchange,
cultural experience, and political engagement
according to the Global Cities Index.