1st Edition
Situated Language and Learning A Critique of Traditional Schooling
By James Paul Gee
Copyright 2004
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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Why do poor and minority students under-perform in school? Do computer games help or hinder learning? What can new research in psychology teach our educational policy-makers? In this major new book, Gee tackles the 'big ideas' about language, literacy and learning, putting forward an integrated theory that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and applying it to some of the very real problems that... Read more
1. Introduction 2. A Strange Fact about not Learning to Read 3. Language and Identity at Home 4. Stimulations and Bodies 5. Learning and Gaming 6. Affinity Spaces 7. Shape-shifting Portfolio People 8. A Final Word: The Content Fetish References
Biography
James Paul Gee is the Tashia Morgridge Professor of Reading at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA. His previous publications include Social Linguistics and Literacies (Taylor & Francis 1996, 2nd edition), An Introduction to Discourse Analysis (Routledge 1999), and What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy (2003).
'This is a stimulating book ...' - Language Issues
