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.
Table of Content
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