Literacy and education: understanding the new literacy studies in the classroom
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Main Authors: Pahl, Kate (Author), Rowsell, Jennifer 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London Sage 2012
Edition:2. ed.
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Item Description:Six years on from the first edition of <b>Literacy and Education</b>, the ways we think about literacy have changed. The book continues to be an accessible guide to current theory on literacy with practical applications in the classroom, but has a new focus on the ecologies of literacy and on ways of researching literacy that are participatory and visual. <p>The <b>Second Edition</b> examines:</p> <p>- New Literacy Studies</p> <p>- material culture and literacy</p> <p>- digital literacies</p> <p>- the ecological, place-based approaches to literacy education</p> <p>- timescales and identities, and</p> <p>- ways in which research has moved on to inform literacy education</p> <p>Classroom teachers, teacher trainers and students of literacy will find this a user-friendly guide to new theory in literacy education, clearly demonstrating how to implement this theory in the classroom in a way that is inclusive and listens to the students of today.</p> <p>Dr Kate Pahl is Senior Lecturer at the School of Education, University of Sheffield, UK.</p> <p>Dr Jennifer Rowsell is a Canada Research Chair in Multiliteracies at Brock University's Faculty of Education.</p
Physical Description:216 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9781446201343
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