1st Edition
Language and Learning in the Digital Age
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
168 Pages
by
Routledge
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In Language and Learning in the Digital Age , linguist James Paul Gee and educator Elisabeth Hayes deal with the forces unleashed by today’s digital media, forces that are transforming language and learning for good and ill.
They argue that the role of oral language is almost always entirely misunderstood in debates about digital media. Like the earlier inventions of writing and print,... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Language 3. Literacy 4. Language and Interaction 5. New Kinds of People and Relationships 6. Literacy and Interpretation 7. School 8. School and Passionate Affinity Spaces 9. Play and Theory Crafting 10. Cats, Passion, and Expertise 11. The Return of the Amateur and the New Capitalism 12. Words, Images and Experiences 13. Three Social Formations 14. Multitasking, Diversity and Commonality
Biography
James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University. He is a member of the National Academy of Education.
Elizabeth Hayes is Professor of Education at Arizona State University.
