This unique global perspective on multiple literacies crosses traditional boundaries between the study of family, community, and school literacies. It calls attention to the ideological nature of literacy education across a broad range of literacy contex
This unique global perspective on multiple literacies crosses traditional boundaries between the study of family, community, and school literacies. It...
Designed to stimulate debate and critical thinking and to draw readers' attention to the ideological nature of literacy education across a broad range of literacy contexts, this book crosses traditional boundaries between the study of family, community, and school literacies to offer a unique global perspective on multiple literacies, from theory to case studies of various settings. These examples suggest ways that literacy practices should be created by simultaneously shaping relationships and identity, and by privileging particular literacy practices in particular situations. The dialogue...
Designed to stimulate debate and critical thinking and to draw readers' attention to the ideological nature of literacy education across a broad range...
Testifying to the maturity of the youth literacy education field, this collection of papers displays the increasing sophistication of research on the subject, and at the same time offers pointers to its potential for development in the next decade. The contributors track the rapid proliferation of youth literacies in today's digital age, from video games to social media and film production. Drawing on detailed research and an intimate knowledge of youth communities in nations as diverse as Canada and Uganda, they provide notable examples of digital literacies "in situ," and challenge...
Testifying to the maturity of the youth literacy education field, this collection of papers displays the increasing sophistication of research on t...
Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the forefront the reality of lived literacy experiences of adolescents in today's culture in which literacy practices reflect important cultural messages about the interplay of local and global civic engagement. The focus is on three areas of youth civic engagement and cultural critique: homelessness, violence, and performing adolescence. The authors explore how youth appropriate the arts, media, and literacy as resources and how this enables them to...
Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the f...
Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the forefront the reality of lived literacy experiences of adolescents in today s culture in which literacy practices reflect important cultural messages about the interplay of local and global civic engagement. The focus is on three areas of youth civic engagement and cultural critique: homelessness, violence, and performing adolescence. The authors explore how youth appropriate the arts, media, and literacy as resources and how this enables them to...
Through stories of youth using their many voices in and out of school to explore and express their ideas about the world, this book brings to the f...
This book examines ways that youth engage with new literacies, and offers direction for educators. Covers new literacies in diverse contexts, the interwoven production and consumption of texts and the challenges that accompany the new literacies framework.
This book examines ways that youth engage with new literacies, and offers direction for educators. Covers new literacies in diverse contexts, the inte...
