The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English language studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of satellite titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.
The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English language studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introductio...
Presenting an innovative take on researching early childhood, this book provides an international comparison of the cultural and familial influences that shape the growth of young children. The book presents a unique methodology, and includes chapters on musicality, security, humour and eating.
Presenting an innovative take on researching early childhood, this book provides an international comparison of the cultural and familial influences t...
This book provides an evaluation and appreciation of the learning, teaching and instruction that can occur in digital environments. Mass media accounts of digital culture are invariably predicated on a technologically determinist vision, on the one hand promoting a utopian view of the future while on the other fueling moral panic by emphasizing views of alienation and danger in life online. In this book, children, young people and those who work with them are revealed as active agents with possibilities to navigate new paths.
This book provides an evaluation and appreciation of the learning, teaching and instruction that can occur in digital environments. Mass media acco...
Most of the chapters in this book are extended papers from Research Learning in Virtual Environments (reLIVE08), an international conference held by the UK Open University in Milton Keynes in November 2008. Authors of the best papers and presentations from the conferences were invited to contribute to Research Learning in Virtual Worlds, the first book to specifically address research methods and related issues for education in virtual worlds.
The book covers a range of research undertaken in virtual worlds. It opens with an accessible introduction both to the book and to the...
Most of the chapters in this book are extended papers from Research Learning in Virtual Environments (reLIVE08), an international conference held b...
With our increasing use of digital and online media, the way we interact with these forms of communication is having an enormous impact on our literacy and learning.
In Digital Literacies, Julia Gillen argues that to a substantial extent Linguistics has failed to rise to the opportunities presented by studying language in digital contexts. Assuming no existing knowledge, and drawing from a wide range of research projects, she presents a range of approaches to the study of writing and reading language online.
Challenging some of the existing concepts,...
With our increasing use of digital and online media, the way we interact with these forms of communication is having an enormous impact on our lite...
The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and researchers. This book is a timely and much-needed collection of current research in the area. It provides a synthesis of knowledge and understanding and will be a key resource for scholars, students and teachers, particularly those interested in digital literacies. The work presents a coherent vision of current knowledge, and some of the most engaging, empirical research being undertaken on virtual worlds and online spaces in and beyond...
The growth of interest in virtual worlds and other online spaces for children and young people raises important issues for literacy educators and r...
