Multiliteracies Considers The Future Of Literacy Teaching In The Context Of The Rapidly Changing English Language. Questions Are Raised About What Constitutes Appropriate Literacy Teaching In Today's World: A World That Is Both A Global Village Yet One In Which Local Diversity Is Increasingly Important. This Is A Coherent And Accessible Overview Of The Work Of The New London Group, With Well-known International Contributors Bringing Together Their Varying National Experiences And Differences Of Theoretical And Political Emphasis. The Essays Deal With Issues Such As: The Fundamental Premises Of Literacy Pedagogy; The Effects Of Technological Change; Multilingualism And Cultural Diversity; [and] Social Futures And Their Implications On Language Teaching. The Book Concludes With Case Studies Of Attempts To Put The Theories Into Practice And Thereby Provides A Basis For Dialogue With Fellow Educators Around The World--back Cover. Multiliteracies : The Beginnings Of An Idea / Bill Cope And Mary Kalantzis -- Pedagogy Of Multiliteracies Designing Social Futures / New London Group -- New People In New Worlds : Networks, The New Capitalism And Schools / James Paul Gee -- Cyber-schooling And Technological Change : Multiliteracies For New Times / Carmen Luke -- Multiliteracies And Multilingualism / Joseph Lo Bianco -- History, Cultural Diversity And English Language Teaching / Martin Nakata -- Changing The Role Of Schools / Mary Kalantzis And Bill Cope -- Design And Transformation : New Theories Of Meaning / Gunther Kress -- Multiliteracies And Language : Orders Of Discourse And Intertextuality / Norman Fairclough -- Multimodality / Gunther Kress -- Designs For Social Futures / Bill Cope And Mary Kalantzis -- Multiliteracies Pedagogy : A Pedagogical Supplement / Mary Kalantzis And Bill Cope -- Taking Cultural Differences Into Account / Courtney B. Cazden -- Narratives And Inscriptions : Cultural Tools, Power And Powerful Sense-making / Sarah Michaels And Richard Sohmer -- Multiliteracies Project : South African Teachers Respond / Denise Newfield And Pippa Stein -- Negotiating A Pedagogy Of Multiliteracies : The Communication Curriculum In A South African Management Development Programme / David Bond -- Four Innovative Programmes : A Postscript From Alice Springs / Courtney B. Cazden. Edited By Bill Cope And Mary Kalantzis For The New London Group. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 333-348) And Index.
Categories:
- Education & Teaching
- Schools & Teaching
Publisher : Routledge
Author : Cope, Bill and Kalantzis (editor)
Language : English
Edition : 1
Published :1999-11-18
Number Of Pages : 364
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0415214211
ISBN-13 : 9780415214216
Item weight : 1.3 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 6 in x 9.1 in
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