With the Internet creating an environment for global communication, the way that information is created, exchanged and used has changed dramatically in the late 20th century. This text provides a critical examination of literacy practices on the World Wide Web, including the authoring, designing, reading, analyzing, and interpreting of texts. The international contributors challenge the premise that the Web forms a global literacy environment in which people from all over the world communicate with one another without being affected by the significant barriers posed by geopolitical location,...
With the Internet creating an environment for global communication, the way that information is created, exchanged and used has changed dramatically i...
The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon. Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined by national, cultural and educational contexts. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe have brought together scholars from around the world, including: Mexico, Hungary, Australia, Palau, Cuba, Scotland, Greece, Japan, Africa and the United States. Each represents and examines on line literacy practices in their specific...
The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon. Global Literacies and the World Wide Web
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings, including the school classroom, clubs, places of worship, theatres, and in the home. Over fifty people recount their memories of learning to read in different contexts and...
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of ...
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th century: Spitalfields and the City. This contrast outwardly symbolizes the huge difference between poverty and wealth existing in Britain at this time. The book presents a study of living, learning and reading as it has taken place in public settings, including the school classroom, clubs, places of worship, theatres, and in the home. Over fifty people recount their memories of learning to read in different contexts and...
City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of ...
Literacies are situated. All uses of written language can be seen as located in particular times and places. Equally, all literate activity is indicative of broader social practices. This text is a varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices. Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the...
Literacies are situated. All uses of written language can be seen as located in particular times and places. Equally, all literate activity is indicat...
Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices. Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues: * the visual and material aspects of literacy * concepts of time and space in...
Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contri...
Addressing the question of the future of literacy teaching - what should be taught and how? - this text proposes a pedagogy which recognizes both cultural and linguistic diversity, and the many ways of representing meaning beyond language, such as the visual.
Addressing the question of the future of literacy teaching - what should be taught and how? - this text proposes a pedagogy which recognizes both cult...
Addressing the question of the future of literacy teaching - what should be taught and how? - this text proposes a pedagogy which recognizes both cultural and linguistic diversity, and the many ways of representing meaning beyond language, such as the visual.
Addressing the question of the future of literacy teaching - what should be taught and how? - this text proposes a pedagogy which recognizes both cult...
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a 'skill'. Lillis argues for an approach which sees student writing as social practice. The book draws extensively on a three-year study with ten non-traditional students in higher education and their experience of academic writing. Using case study material - including literacy history interviews, extended discussions with...
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from ...
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and 'academic literacies studies' from the UK, the book challenges current official discourse on writing as a 'skill'. Lillis argues for an approach which sees student writing as social practice. The book draws extensively on a three-year study with ten non-traditional students in higher education and their experience of academic writing. Using case study material - including literacy history interviews, extended discussions with...
Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from ...
