New radio series spells out literacy success
Thursday, 22 July 2004
With an estimated 46% of Australians not having the necessary literacy skills to cope with the demands of modern society, a new Radio 亚洲色吧 series being launched today explores just what it means to be "literate".
Well-known futurist, and writer and presenter of the Curiosity Show, Deane Hutton will launch Well...I never knew that!
"Did you know," Dr Hutton says, "that the air we breathe joins all living things on Earth? Not only right now, but the past and future as well. In fact, the next breath you take will contain atoms breathed out by Julius Caesar, William Shakespeare, Albert Einstein, and a dinosaur which lived 70 million years ago! And appreciating why is part of scientific literacy."
Series producer Angelina Edwards interviewed dozens of people aged from 20 to 80 years old, and says she was amazed at just how many different types of literacies she encountered.
"We commonly think of reading, w