New Literacies Around the Globe - Policy and Pedagogy

"The increasing popularity of digitally-mediated communication is prompting us to radically rethink literacy and its role in education; at the same time, national policies have promulgated a view of literacy focused on the skills and classroom routines associated with print, bolstered by regimes of accountability and assessments. As a result, teachers are caught between two competing discourses: one upholding a traditional conception of literacy re-iterated by politicians and policy-makers, and the otherencouraging a more radical take on 21st century literacies driven by leading edge thinkers and researchers. There is a pressing need for a book which engages researchers in international dialogue around new literacies, their implications for policy and practice, and how they might articulate across national boundaries.Drawing on cutting edge research from the USA, Canada, UK, Australia and South Africa, this book is a pedagogical and policy-driven call for change. It explores studies of literacy practices in varied contexts through a refreshingly dialogic style, interspersed with codas which comment on the significance of the work described for education. The book concludes on the 'conversation' developed to identify key recommendations for policy-makersthrough a Charter for Literacy Pedagogies"--

Product details

• Authors: Cathy (Sheffield Hallam University Burnett
• Assisted by: Cathy Burnett (Editor), Burnett Cathy (Editor), Julia Davies (Editor), Guy Merchant (Editor), Merchant Guy (Editor), Jennifer Rowsell (Editor), Rowsell Jennifer (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2014
• EAN: 9780415719568
• ISBN: 978-0-415-71956-8
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Research in Literacy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; EDUCATION / General, History, Media Studies, Linguistics, EDUCATION / Computers & Technology, EDUCATION / Curricula, Humanities, Secondary Schools, Teaching of a specific subject, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics