American Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

The mandated curriculum of Saudi Arabian schools is archaic; designed for generations long past. The era of only teaching young women to be homemakers and wives while young men are restricted to learning how to be homeowners, husband, and suitable neighbors must come to an end. The tragic reality is that the mandated national curriculum does not address the contemporary world, and the requirements of Saudi students to meet that world. The purpose of this paper is to address the issues of new literacy in Saudi Arabia and how curriculum should be reformed to deal with this situation. “New literacy comes with new social practice, new visual literacies, new video literacies, and other new literacies that are important to create new knowledge and improve individual life.” (Leu, McVerry, Zawilinski, & O’Byrne, 2007).