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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449787303321

Titolo

Literacy moves on : using popular culture, new technologies and critical literacy in the primary classroom / / edited by Janet Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004

ISBN

1417582081

1-283-88880-7

1-135-39678-7

0-203-96327-X

1-4175-8208-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Collana

Informing teaching series

Altri autori (Persone)

EvansJanet <1952->

Disciplina

372.6

Soggetti

Language arts (Elementary)

Technological literacy

Education - Effect of technological innovations on

Popular culture

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. 'New' literacies and children's ways of using them -- pt. 2. Focusing on texts with a critical eye : critical literacy in the primary school -- pt. 3. Bridging the gap between children's personal interests and teachers' school-based curriculum demands.

Sommario/riassunto

This book looks at the changing nature of literacy and at the way in which new and different literacies are emerging in the first part of the 21st century. It considers how children are shaping and being shaped by these changes, it also looks at how teachers need to bridge-the-gap between children's out of school interests and school based curriculum demands. This edited collection, which features chapters by international experts and voices in the field, aims to: Take a closer look at (and demystify) some of the influences on literacy in the 21st century e.g. popular culture, multi-modal t