Part A. The 'Why' of Literacies: 1. Literacies on a human scale; 2. The purposes of literacies; Part B. Approaches to Literacies: 3. Literacies pedagogy; 4. Didactic literacy pedagogy; 5. Authentic literacy pedagogy; 6. Functional literacy pedagogy; 7. Critical literacies pedagogy; Part C. The 'What' of Literacies: 8. Literacies as multimodal designs for meaning; 9. Making meaning by reading; 10. Making meaning by writing; 11. Making visual meanings; 12. Making spatial, tactile and gestural meanings; 13. Making audio and oral meanings; Part D. The 'How' of Literacies: 14. Literacies to think and to learn; 15. Literacies and learner differences; 16. Literacies' standards and assessment.