Thinking through new literacies for primary and early years / Jayne Metcalfe, Debbie Simpson, Ian Todd, and Mike Toyn.
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TextSeries: Thinking through educationPublisher: Los Angeles : SAGE/Learning Matters, c2013Description: vii, 197 pages : 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780857258090 [paperback]Subject(s): Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- Great Britain | Literacy -- Study and teaching (Elementary) | Great BritainDDC classification: | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: 1 What's new about new literacies? -- 2 Technological interventions in early literacy -- 3 Verbal literacy -- 4 Finding things out-information literacy -- 5 Aural and oral literacy -- 6 Visual literacy -- 7 Lost in cyberspace? children and social media -- 8 New literacies and inclusion -- 9 Considering pedagogy, ethics and the law in the 'remix' culture.
This accessible book challenges readers to reconsider what is meant by the term 'literacy'. It encourages a deep consideration of literacy in the post-typographic age. Written for education students, it draws on current research and makes links between the theory and practice. It explores some technological innovations designed to support the emergent reader and writer and covers aural and oral literacies, visual literacies and the legal and ethical issues arising from this new era. Readers are helped to think through 'new literacies' and their place in primary schools. Throughout, critical thinking exercises help the reader develop their own analytical skills.
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