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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791886903321

Autore

Mills Kathy <1974->

Titolo

The multiliteracies classroom / / Kathy A. Mills

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-283-14762-9

9786613147622

1-84769-320-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 p.)

Collana

New Perspectives on Language and Education

Classificazione

ES 750

Disciplina

418.0071

Soggetti

Literacy - Study and teaching - Australia

Literacy - Study and teaching

Interactive multimedia

Education

Education, Special Topics

Social Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Multiliteracies Matters -- 2. Situated and Explicit Pedagogy -- 3. Critical and Creative Pedagogy -- 4. Multimodality, Media and Access -- 5. New Social Spaces -- 6. Discourses and Diversity -- 7. Power and Access -- 8. New Times -- Appendix: Pragmatic Horizon Analysis -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.