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CHANGING LITERACIES
AvColin Lankshear
Häftad, Engelska, 1997
703 kr
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"....undeterred by sociological pessimism, Colin Lankshear hacks away at the underbrush, clearing a path for a new critical-liberatory discourse"James Paul Gee, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts.This book explores everyday social practices and how they influence who people are, what they become, the quality of their lives, the opportunities and possibilities open to them, and those they are denied. It focusses especially on language and literacy components of social practices, asking: * How are language and literacy framed within different social practices?* How are social practices in turn shaped and framed by language and literacy?* What are the consequences for the lives and identities of individuals and groups?* How can we understand these relationships, and build on this understanding to develop critical forms of literacy and language awareness that enhance human dignity, freedom and social justice?In addressing these questions the book draws on social practices from diverse settings: from classrooms using conventional texts to so-called "enchanted workplaces"; from a Third World peasant cooperative enterprise to modern technologically-equipped homes and classrooms. The result is a rich sociocultural account of language and literacy, which challenges narrow psychological and skills-based approaches, and provides an excellent theory base for informing the practice of literacy educators.It will be compelling reading for academics, teachers and students of language and literacy education, critical literacy, discourse studies and cultural studies.
Handbook for Teacher Research
AvColin Lankshear,Michele Knobel
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
372 kr
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“This informative book helped me to understand research in general and to bring focus and clarity to my current research project. The text answers questions and provides guidance and support in a manner that is user-friendly and easy to comprehend…. After reading this book, I feel empowered as a teacher-researcher and would unhesitatingly recommend it to other teacher-researchers, graduate students and educators.”Francesca Crowther – teacher and doctoral student, Nova Scotia, Canada.
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed approach to teacher research as systematic, methodical and informed practice. It identifies five requirements for all kinds of research, and provides clear and accessible guidelines for teachers to use in conducting their own classroom-based studies.
Features:
A clear definition of teacher research which insists on more than ‘stories’ and anecdotal ‘retrospectives’Innovative organisational structure based on the collection and analysis of spoken, written and observed data, with strong emphasis on the design of research projectsEasy-to-use and widely applicable tools and techniques for collecting and analysing data in qualitative researchInformed by the authors’ own wide-ranging experiences, A Handbook of Teacher Research provides everything the teacher researcher needs in order to conduct good quality practitioner research. It is ideal for upper level undergraduate Education programmes and for postgraduate research, as well as for teacher researchers who conceive and drive their own independent studies.
Handbook for Teacher Research
AvMichele Knobel,Colin Lankshear
E-bok
Engelska, 2004
360 kr
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“This informative book helped me to understand research in general and to bring focus and clarity to my current research project. The text answers questions and provides guidance and support in a manner that is user-friendly and easy to comprehend…. After reading this book, I feel empowered as a teacher-researcher and would unhesitatingly recommend it to other teacher-researchers, graduate students and educators.”Francesca Crowther – teacher and doctoral student, Nova Scotia, Canada.
This book provides a comprehensive and detailed approach to teacher research as systematic, methodical and informed practice. It identifies five requirements for all kinds of research, and provides clear and accessible guidelines for teachers to use in conducting their own classroom-based studies.
Features:
A clear definition of teacher research which insists on more than ‘stories’ and anecdotal ‘retrospectives’Innovative organisational structure based on the collection and analysis of spoken, written and observed data, with strong emphasis on the design of research projectsEasy-to-use and widely applicable tools and techniques for collecting and analysing data in qualitative researchInformed by the authors’ own wide-ranging experiences, A Handbook of Teacher Research provides everything the teacher researcher needs in order to conduct good quality practitioner research. It is ideal for upper level undergraduate Education programmes and for postgraduate research, as well as for teacher researchers who conceive and drive their own independent studies.
New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning
AvColin Lankshear,Michele Knobel
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
397 kr
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“Like a compass guiding you to what’s important and why in this rapidly evolving field, this new edition is utterly stimulating but also thoughtful and measured.”Daniel Cassany, Literacy Researcher and Teacher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
"Essential reading for those interested in new and emerging literacy practices, New Literacies maps the contours of on- and off-line participation and how it is transforming learning and communication. This book provides the necessary theoretical background and illustration of practice for a radical re-appraisal of how we think about literacy and literacy education."Guy Merchant, Professor of Literacy in Education,Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University
The new edition of this popular book takes a fresh look at what it means to think of literacies as social practices. The book explores what is distinctively 'new' within a range of currently popular everyday ways of generating, communicating and negotiating meanings. Revised, updated and significantly reconceptualised throughout, the book includes:
Closer analysis of new literacies in terms of active collaborationA timely discussion of using wikis and other collaborative online writing resourcesUpdated and expanded accounts of digital remix and blogging practicesAn explanation of social learning and collaborative platforms for social learningA fresh focus on online social networkingA new batch of discussion questions and stimulus activities The importance of social learning for becoming proficient in many new literacy practices, and the significance of new media for expanding the reach and potential of social learning are discussed in the final part of the book. New Literacies 3/e concludes by describing empirical cases of social learning approaches mediated by collaborative learning platforms.
This book is essential reading for students and academics within literacy studies, cultural or communication studies and education.
New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning
AvMichele Knobel,Colin Lankshear
E-bok
Engelska, 2011
385 kr
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“Like a compass guiding you to what’s important and why in this rapidly evolving field, this new edition is utterly stimulating but also thoughtful and measured.”Daniel Cassany, Literacy Researcher and Teacher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
"Essential reading for those interested in new and emerging literacy practices, New Literacies maps the contours of on- and off-line participation and how it is transforming learning and communication. This book provides the necessary theoretical background and illustration of practice for a radical re-appraisal of how we think about literacy and literacy education."Guy Merchant, Professor of Literacy in Education,Faculty of Development and Society, Sheffield Hallam University
The new edition of this popular book takes a fresh look at what it means to think of literacies as social practices. The book explores what is distinctively ''new'' within a range of currently popular everyday ways of generating, communicating and negotiating meanings. Revised, updated and significantly reconceptualised throughout, the book includes:
Closer analysis of new literacies in terms of active collaborationA timely discussion of using wikis and other collaborative online writing resourcesUpdated and expanded accounts of digital remix and blogging practicesAn explanation of social learning and collaborative platforms for social learningA fresh focus on online social networkingA new batch of discussion questions and stimulus activities The importance of social learning for becoming proficient in many new literacy practices, and the significance of new media for expanding the reach and potential of social learning are discussed in the final part of the book. New Literacies 3/e concludes by describing empirical cases of social learning approaches mediated by collaborative learning platforms.
This book is essential reading for students and academics within literacy studies, cultural or communication studies and education.
New Work Order
AvJames Gee,Glynda Hullm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2019
2 465 kr
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Workplace democracy. Empowerment. Team leaders. Knowledge workers. This is the language of ?the new work order? promoted by today's management, which promises more meaningful and satisfying work, greater respect for diversity, and more democratic distribution of knowledge.But Gee, Hull, and Lankshear find startling contradictions in this brave new
Politics of Liberation
Paths from Freire
AvColin Lankshear,Peter McLaren
Häftad, Engelska, 1994
780 kr
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First Published in 2004. This work explores various forms of oppression that plague contemporary society. Through the analyses and reflections of theorists and social activists - including Paulo Freire himself - Politics of Liberation brings together, under a common project of human liberation, critical voices from around the globe: Mexico, Guatemala, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The essays argue that Freire's work offers an avenue out of the malaise of contemporary politics and culture. They place Freire temporally in relation to moments of modernity and postmodernity; culturally and existentially in relation to the First and Third Worlds and at the standpoint of indigenous peoples; politically in terms of his attention to the range of sites and dimensions of oppression and their relatedness; and intellectually in relation to the eclectic range of theories on which he draws. The book is a response to the current global crisis of solidarity among progressive and dissident intellectuals, educators and cultural workers.
Training for a Smart Workforce
AvRod Gerber,Colin Lankshear
Inbunden, Engelska, 2000
3 098 kr
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In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another 'fast capitalist' slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways. Key themes include:* competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* developing smart, self-directed workers* taking responsibility for learning in workplaces* empowering workers as learners in the workplaces.These essays are written by leading edge workplace analysts and practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the USA. Their wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary approach will be of interest to all forward-thinking academics, students and leaders in management, organizational development and workplace learning.
Training for a Smart Workforce
AvRod Gerber,Colin Lankshear
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
922 kr
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In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another 'fast capitalist' slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways. Key themes include:* competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* developing smart, self-directed workers* taking responsibility for learning in workplaces* empowering workers as learners in the workplaces.These essays are written by leading edge workplace analysts and practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the USA. Their wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary approach will be of interest to all forward-thinking academics, students and leaders in management, organizational development and workplace learning.
Counternarratives
Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
AvHenry A. Giroux,Colin Lankshearm. fl.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1996
2 470 kr
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To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern counternarratives" as a frame for exploring the politics of media, technology and education within everyday struggles for human identities and loyalties. The authors identify two forms of counternarratives. One functions as a critique of the modernist propensity for grand narratives. The second concept, which is the focus of the book, builds on the first; the idea of "little stories" addressing cultural and political opposition to the "official" narratives used to manipulate public consciousness. Each marks an important point of contestation within contemporary education and culture: curriculum, pedagogy, literacy, media representations and applications of new technologies.
Counternarratives
Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
AvHenry A. Giroux,Colin Lankshearm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
608 kr
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To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern counternarratives" as a frame for exploring the politics of media, technology and education within everyday struggles for human identities and loyalties. The authors identify two forms of counternarratives. One functions as a critique of the modernist propensity for grand narratives. The second concept, which is the focus of the book, builds on the first; the idea of "little stories" addressing cultural and political opposition to the "official" narratives used to manipulate public consciousness. Each marks an important point of contestation within contemporary education and culture: curriculum, pedagogy, literacy, media representations and applications of new technologies.
New Work Order
AvColin Lankshear,Glynda Hullm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2018
823 kr
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This book presents a sociocultural approach to language, literacy, and learning that deals directly with the new work order and that integrates concern for schools with concern for workplaces. It helps readers to confront complex problems and to construct their own broader theories.
New Work Order
AvColin Lankshear,Glynda Hullm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2018
823 kr
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This book presents a sociocultural approach to language, literacy, and learning that deals directly with the new work order and that integrates concern for schools with concern for workplaces. It helps readers to confront complex problems and to construct their own broader theories.
Futures of Critical Theory
Dreams of Difference
AvMichael A. Peters,Mark Olssenm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
705 kr
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Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of inclusiveness that respect and build on parallel traditions. The authors reinterpret the work of Nietzsche, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger in relation to central figures (Kant, Marcuse, Foucault) and themes of critical theory—the critique of modernity, theory of the self, and the question concerning technology. Key chapters address the critical significance of the work of the French theorists Levinas, Deleuze, Derrida, Lyotard, Irigaray, and Bourdieu and while other chapters focus on thinkers as diverse as Zizek, Giddens, Said, and Guattari, and deal with contemporary topics such as cyberfeminism and antiglobalization.
Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts
AvGustavo E. Fischman,Peter McLarenm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
821 kr
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We are living in a time of resurgent global conflicts and imperialistic tensions_a time in which many children are being left behind by school systems that appear more concerned with developing accountability schemes and standardized models of testing than with defending the right of every child to have access to a good education. The efforts of countless teachers, activists, and families working and living in poor areas around the world are labeled as failures, entirely discredited on the basis of their expendability in relation to capital gains, or simply ignored. In response to these oppressive and challenging conditions, this book's contributors_a group of committed educators and activists working in an ethos of solidarity across geopolitical and geographical borders_have advanced arguments and strategies that link educational transformation to the larger struggle to transform oppressive social relations. In a clear attempt to move beyond both nostalgia and romanticism, Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts draws from a range of viewpoints-conceptual and thematic, transnational and crosscultural, First World and Third World_to articulate new directions for teachers and activists working to demonstrate that another education, and indeed, another world, is possible.
Critical Literacy
Politics, Praxis, and the Postmodern
AvColin Lankshear,Peter L. McLaren
Häftad, Engelska, 1993
486 kr
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A provocative collection that redefines literacy as a political and transformative practice, challenging readers to see reading and writing as tools for questioning power and advancing social change.What does it mean to be literate in a world shaped by power, culture, and contestation? Critical Literacy brings together some of the most influential voices in literacy studies to confront this urgent question head-on.Edited by Colin Lankshear and Peter L. McLaren, Critical Literacy reimagines literacy not as a neutral skill, but as a deeply political practice—one that can either reproduce systems of domination or become a powerful tool for liberation. Bridging theory and practice, the contributors explore how literacy operates across diverse contexts: from classrooms and communities to media, gender, culture, and revolutionary movements.Engaging with postmodern perspectives and critical pedagogy, the essays challenge readers to interrogate taken-for-granted assumptions about knowledge, language, and democracy. From ethnographic insights and feminist critiques to analyses of media and popular education, this collection opens new pathways for understanding literacy as a site of struggle and possibility.Provocative, timely, and transformative, this book invites educators, researchers, and activists alike to rethink literacy as a dynamic force in shaping more just and democratic futures.
New Work Order
AvJames Gee,Glynda Hullm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 1996
703 kr
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This book presents a sociocultural approach to language, literacy, and learning that deals directly with the new work order and that integrates concern for schools with concern for workplaces. It helps readers to confront complex problems and to construct their own broader theories.
Del 29 - New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
New Literacies Sampler
AvMichele Knobel,Colin Lankshear
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
410 kr
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The study of new literacies is quickly emerging as a major research field. This book «samples» work in the broad area of new literacies research along two dimensions. First, it samples some typical examples of new literacies – video gaming, fan fiction writing, weblogging, role play gaming, using websites to participate in affinity practices, memes, and other social activities involving mobile technologies. Second, the studies collectively sample from a wide range of approaches potentially available for researching and studying new literacies from a sociocultural perspective. Readers will come away with a rich sense of what new literacies are, and a generous appreciation of how they are being researched.
Training for a Smart Workforce
AvColin Lankshear,Rod Gerber
E-bok
Engelska, 2002
1 021 kr
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In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another ''fast capitalist'' slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways. Key themes include:
* competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* developing smart, self-directed workers* taking responsibility for learning in workplaces* empowering workers as learners in the workplaces.
These essays are written by leading edge workplace analysts and practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the USA. Their wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary approach will be of interest to all forward-thinking academics, students and leaders in management, organizational development and workplace learning.
Training for a Smart Workforce
AvColin Lankshear,Rod Gerber
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2002
1 021 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
In the hypercompetitive context of the new global economy, building a smart workforce is widely regarded as a key strategy for enterprises. But is this any more than another ''fast capitalist'' slogan? What substance can be given to the idea? What are its associated values and practices? This book explores these issues from an international perspective in fresh and challenging ways. Key themes include:
* competence and being competent in the world of work* experience, common-sense and expertise in workplace learning* social practices and literacies in the workplace* developing smart, self-directed workers* taking responsibility for learning in workplaces* empowering workers as learners in the workplaces.
These essays are written by leading edge workplace analysts and practitioners from Australia, New Zealand, Sweden and the USA. Their wide-ranging, multi-disciplinary approach will be of interest to all forward-thinking academics, students and leaders in management, organizational development and workplace learning.
Politics of Liberation
Paths from Freire
AvPeter McLaren,Colin Lankshear
E-bok
Engelska, 2002
889 kr
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First Published in 2004. This work explores various forms of oppression that plague contemporary society. Through the analyses and reflections of theorists and social activists - including Paulo Freire himself - Politics of Liberation brings together, under a common project of human liberation, critical voices from around the globe: Mexico, Guatemala, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The essays argue that Freire''s work offers an avenue out of the malaise of contemporary politics and culture. They place Freire temporally in relation to moments of modernity and postmodernity; culturally and existentially in relation to the First and Third Worlds and at the standpoint of indigenous peoples; politically in terms of his attention to the range of sites and dimensions of oppression and their relatedness; and intellectually in relation to the eclectic range of theories on which he draws. The book is a response to the current global crisis of solidarity among progressive and dissident intellectuals, educators and cultural workers.
Politics of Liberation
Paths from Freire
AvPeter McLaren,Colin Lankshear
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2002
889 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
First Published in 2004. This work explores various forms of oppression that plague contemporary society. Through the analyses and reflections of theorists and social activists - including Paulo Freire himself - Politics of Liberation brings together, under a common project of human liberation, critical voices from around the globe: Mexico, Guatemala, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The essays argue that Freire''s work offers an avenue out of the malaise of contemporary politics and culture. They place Freire temporally in relation to moments of modernity and postmodernity; culturally and existentially in relation to the First and Third Worlds and at the standpoint of indigenous peoples; politically in terms of his attention to the range of sites and dimensions of oppression and their relatedness; and intellectually in relation to the eclectic range of theories on which he draws. The book is a response to the current global crisis of solidarity among progressive and dissident intellectuals, educators and cultural workers.
Counternarratives
Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
AvMichael Peters,Peter McLarenm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
692 kr
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To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern counternarratives" as a frame for exploring the politics of media, technology and education within everyday struggles for human identities and loyalties. The authors identify two forms of counternarratives. One functions as a critique of the modernist propensity for grand narratives. The second concept, which is the focus of the book, builds on the first; the idea of "little stories" addressing cultural and political opposition to the "official" narratives used to manipulate public consciousness. Each marks an important point of contestation within contemporary education and culture: curriculum, pedagogy, literacy, media representations and applications of new technologies.
Counternarratives
Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
AvMichael Peters,Peter McLarenm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2013
692 kr
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To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern counternarratives" as a frame for exploring the politics of media, technology and education within everyday struggles for human identities and loyalties. The authors identify two forms of counternarratives. One functions as a critique of the modernist propensity for grand narratives. The second concept, which is the focus of the book, builds on the first; the idea of "little stories" addressing cultural and political opposition to the "official" narratives used to manipulate public consciousness. Each marks an important point of contestation within contemporary education and culture: curriculum, pedagogy, literacy, media representations and applications of new technologies.
Handbook of Research on New Literacies
AvDonald J. Leu,Colin Lankshearm. fl.
E-bok
Engelska, 2014
2 404 kr
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Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today â€” literacy and technology â€” this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research pertaining to new literacies. Reviews of research are organized into six sections:

Methodologies

Knowledge and Inquiry

Communication

Popular Culture, Community, and Citizenship: Everyday Literacies

Instructional Practices and Assessment

Multiple Perspectives on New Literacies Research
FEATURES

Brings together a diverse international team of editors and chapter authors

Provides an extensive collection of research reviews in a critical area of educational research

Makes visible the multiple perspectives and theoretical frames that currently drive work in new literacies

Establishes important space for the emerging field of new literacies research

Includes a unique Commentary section: The final section of the Handbook reprints five central research studies. Each is reviewed by two prominent researchers from their individual, and different, theoretical position. This provides the field with a sense of how diverse lenses can be brought to bear on research as well as the benefits that accrue from doing so. It also provides models of critical review for new scholars and demonstrates how one might bring multiple perspectives to the study of an area as complex as new literacies research.
The Handbook of Research on New Literacies is intended for the literacy research community, broadly conceived, including scholars and students from the traditional reading and writing research communities in education and educational psychology as well as those from information science, cognitive science, psychology, sociolinguistics, computer mediated communication, and other related areas that find literacy to be an important area of investigation.
Handbook of Research on New Literacies
AvDonald J. Leu,Colin Lankshearm. fl.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2014
2 404 kr
Läs direkt efter köp
Situated at the intersection of two of the most important areas in educational research today â€” literacy and technology â€” this handbook draws on the potential of each while carving out important new territory. It provides leadership for this newly emerging field, directing scholars to the major issues, theoretical perspectives, and interdisciplinary research pertaining to new literacies. Reviews of research are organized into six sections:

Methodologies

Knowledge and Inquiry

Communication

Popular Culture, Community, and Citizenship: Everyday Literacies

Instructional Practices and Assessment

Multiple Perspectives on New Literacies Research
FEATURES

Brings together a diverse international team of editors and chapter authors

Provides an extensive collection of research reviews in a critical area of educational research

Makes visible the multiple perspectives and theoretical frames that currently drive work in new literacies

Establishes important space for the emerging field of new literacies research

Includes a unique Commentary section: The final section of the Handbook reprints five central research studies. Each is reviewed by two prominent researchers from their individual, and different, theoretical position. This provides the field with a sense of how diverse lenses can be brought to bear on research as well as the benefits that accrue from doing so. It also provides models of critical review for new scholars and demonstrates how one might bring multiple perspectives to the study of an area as complex as new literacies research.
The Handbook of Research on New Literacies is intended for the literacy research community, broadly conceived, including scholars and students from the traditional reading and writing research communities in education and educational psychology as well as those from information science, cognitive science, psychology, sociolinguistics, computer mediated communication, and other related areas that find literacy to be an important area of investigation.
Politics of Liberation
Paths from Freire
AvColin Lankshear,Peter McLaren
Inbunden, Engelska, 2016
2 470 kr
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First Published in 2004. This work explores various forms of oppression that plague contemporary society. Through the analyses and reflections of theorists and social activists - including Paulo Freire himself - Politics of Liberation brings together, under a common project of human liberation, critical voices from around the globe: Mexico, Guatemala, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the United States. The essays argue that Freire's work offers an avenue out of the malaise of contemporary politics and culture. They place Freire temporally in relation to moments of modernity and postmodernity; culturally and existentially in relation to the First and Third Worlds and at the standpoint of indigenous peoples; politically in terms of his attention to the range of sites and dimensions of oppression and their relatedness; and intellectually in relation to the eclectic range of theories on which he draws. The book is a response to the current global crisis of solidarity among progressive and dissident intellectuals, educators and cultural workers.
Del 32 - New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
Making New Media
Creative Production and Digital Literacies
AvAndrew Burn,Michele Knobelm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2009
410 kr
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Making New Media offers a series of case studies from the author’s work with students and teachers from the mid-90s to the present day, charting the dramatic rise of new media in schools. Work across a wide range of media is presented: computer animation, digital video and film, computer games and machinima. The author tackles the vital contemporary themes of literacy and creativity, making an innovative argument for the combination of traditions of social semiotics and cultural studies in the study of literacy and new media. This volume should be read by every undergraduate and graduate student, as well as any faculty member, involved with or interested in any aspect of new media.
Del 30 - New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
Digital Literacies
Concepts, Policies and Practices
AvColin Lankshear,Michele Knobel
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
440 kr
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This book brings together a group of internationally-reputed authors in the field of digital literacy. Their essays explore a diverse range of the concepts, policies and practices of digital literacy, and discuss how digital literacy is related to similar ideas: information literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, functional literacy and digital competence. It is argued that in light of this diversity and complexity, it is useful to think of digital literacies – the plural as well the singular. The first part of the book presents a rich mix of conceptual and policy perspectives; in the second part contributors explore social practices of digital remixing, blogging, online trading and social networking, and consider some legal issues associated with digital media.
Del 44 - New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
DIY Media
Creating, Sharing and Learning with New Technologies
AvMichele Knobel,Colin Lankshear
Inbunden, Engelska, 2010
1 018 kr
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Schools remain notorious for co-opting digital technologies to «business as usual» approaches to teaching new literacies. DIY Media addresses this issue head-on, and describes expansive and creative practices of digital literacy that are increasingly influential and popular in contexts beyond the school, and whose educational potential is not yet being tapped to any significant degree in classrooms. This book is very much concerned with engaging students in do-it-yourself digitally mediated meaning-making practices. As such, it is organized around three broad areas of digital media: moving media, still media, and audio media. Specific DIY media practices addressed in the chapters include machinima, anime music videos, digital photography, podcasting, and music remixing. Each chapter opens with an overview of a specific DIY media practice, includes a practical how-to tutorial section, and closes with suggested applications for classroom settings. This collection will appeal not only to educators, but to anyone invested in better understanding – and perhaps participating in – the significant shift towards everyday people producing their own digital media.

Colin Lankshear – författare

CHANGING LITERACIES

Handbook for Teacher Research

Handbook for Teacher Research

New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning

New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning

New Work Order

Politics of Liberation

Training for a Smart Workforce

Training for a Smart Workforce

Counternarratives

Counternarratives

New Work Order

New Work Order

Futures of Critical Theory

Critical Theories, Radical Pedagogies, and Global Conflicts

Critical Literacy

New Work Order

New Literacies Sampler

Training for a Smart Workforce

Training for a Smart Workforce

Politics of Liberation

Politics of Liberation

Counternarratives

Counternarratives

Handbook of Research on New Literacies

Handbook of Research on New Literacies

Politics of Liberation

Making New Media

Digital Literacies

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