The Multiliteracies Classroom (New Perspectives on Language and Education): 21 - Softcover

Kathy A. Mills

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847693180 ISBN 13: 9781847693181

Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2010

Synopsis

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 Classroom does not ignore this reality, highlighting the influence of society's patterns of power on literacy learning in the digital age. Its key themes provide a blueprint for the future of literacy research and practice.

About this title

Product Description:

Unusual book

Review:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847693180
• ISBN 13: 9781847693181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168