A guide to current theory on literacy with practical application for the classroom.
Literacy and Education continues to be an accessible guide to current theory on literacy with practical applications in the classroom. This new edition has a new focus on the ecologies of literacy and on participatory and visual ways of researching literacy.
The new edition examines
- new literacy studies
- material culture and literacy
- digital literacies
- the ecological, place-based approaches to literacy education
- timescales and identities, and
- ways in which research has moved on to inform literacy education.
Classroom teachers, teacher trainers and students of literacy will find this a user-friendly guide to new theory in literacy education, clearly demonstrating how to implement this theory in the classroom in a way that is inclusive and listens to the students of today.
The New Literacy Studies and Teaching Literacy: Where We Were and Where We Are Going
Multimodal Literacies: New Ways of Reading and Writing
Children′s Texts Go to School
Literacies in the Community
Literacy and Identity: Who Are the Meaning Makers?
Navigating New Literacies for New Times: Shaping Curriculum and Pedagogy
Conclusion to the Second Editionn of Literacy and Education
References
Index