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The Multiliteracies Classroom (New Perspectives on Language and Education): 21
Kathy A. Mills
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Description for The Multiliteracies Classroom (New Perspectives on Language and Education): 21
hardcover. This book explores the challenges and rewards of engaging students in literacy learning through multimedia design. The first research of its kind, it applies key themes of critical sociology to multiliteracies, inspiring educators to envisage the changing shape of literacy research. Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: CFC; CFDM; JNFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
The multiliteracies approach to literacy education has become established as an accessible and effective paradigm for classroom practice in the 21st century. The Multiliteracies Classroom enlivens this theory with its vivid description of events in a real classroom. Teachers will identify with the lively transcripts of classroom interactions, and be inspired to widen students’ access to new literacy practices in an increasingly digital and globalised world. The possibilities and constraints that can be encountered when implementing multiliteracies are explored in detail. Educators know from experience that students begin their classroom journey with entirely unequal opportunities for literacy success. The Multiliteracies ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Multilingual Matters United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
New Perspectives on Language and Education
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847693198
SKU
V9781847693198
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99-15
About Kathy A. Mills
Kathy A. Mills is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Kathy's research interests include literacy, digital media, education research paradigms, critical sociology, ethnography, classroom observation, discourse analysis, and multimodal analysis. She is Associate Editor of the Australian Educational Researcher and her previous works include The Multiliteracies Classroom (Multilingual Matters, 2011).
Reviews for The Multiliteracies Classroom (New Perspectives on Language and Education): 21
We've made great progress in theorising multiliteracies - but realising them in the traditional, print-based cultures of schooling is a far more difficult challenge. This book traces the journey of a researcher, a teacher and her students in bringing multiliteracies to life in the classroom.
Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
The Multiliteracies Classroom is a well-written ... Read more
Allan Luke, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
The Multiliteracies Classroom is a well-written ... Read more