Literacies

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1. Literacy and the Politics of Representation

   By Mary Hamilton

   Series: Literacies

   Literacy is a key indicator for comparing individuals and nations in contemporary society. It is central to public debates about the nature of the public sphere, economic markets, citizenship and self-governance. Literacy and the Politics of Representation aims to uncover the constructed nature of...

   Published July 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Design Literacies

   Learning and Innovation in the Digital Age

   By Mary P. Sheridan, Jennifer Rowsell

   Series: Literacies

   Design Literacies: Learning and Innovation in the Digital Age explores new ways of meaning making by examining the practices, stories, and products of new and digital media producers with the goal of understanding the logic of marketplace production. Based on interviews with thirty new media...

   Published May 10th 2010 by Routledge
3. Grassroots Literacy

   Writing, Identity and Voice in Central Africa

   By Jan Blommaert

   Series: Literacies

   What effect has globalization had on our understanding of literacy? Grassroots Literacy seeks to address the relationship between globalization and the widening gap between ‘grassroots’ literacies, or writings from ordinary people and local communities, and ‘elite’ literacies. Displaced from their...

   Published June 1st 2008 by Routledge
4. Literacy, Lives and Learning

   By David Barton, Roz Ivanic, Yvon Appleby, Rachel Hodge, Karin Tusting

   Series: Literacies

   Demonstrating what it is like to be an adult learner in today’s world, this book focuses on language, literacy and numeracy learning. The authors explore the complex relationship between learning and adults’ lives, following a wide range of individual students in various formal learning situations,...

   Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge
5. Literacy and Gender

   Researching Texts, Contexts and Readers

   By Gemma Moss

   Series: Literacies

   Why are girls outperforming boys in literacy skills in the Western education system today? To date, there have been few attempts to answer this question. Literacy and Gender sets out to redress this state of affairs by re-examining the social organization of literacy in primary schools. In...

   Published October 29th 2007 by Routledge
6. Hiphop Literacies

   By Elaine Richardson

   Series: Literacies

   Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Richardson analyses the lyrics and discourse of Hiphop, explodes myths and stereotypes about Black culture and language and shows how Hiphop language...

   Published August 16th 2006 by Routledge
7. Situated Language and Learning

   A Critique of Traditional Schooling

   By James Paul Gee

   Series: Literacies

   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...

   Published July 7th 2004 by Routledge
8. Literacy in the New Media Age

   By Gunther Kress

   Series: Literacies

   In this 'new media age' the screen has replaced the book as the dominant medium of communication. This dramatic change has made image, rather than writing, the centre of communication. In this groundbreaking book, Gunther Kress considers the effects of a revolution that has radically altered the...

   Published January 15th 2003 by Routledge
9. African American Literacies

   By Elaine Richardson

   Series: Literacies

   African-American Literacies is a personal, public and political exploration of the problems faced by student writers from the African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) culture.Drawing on personal experience, Elaine Richardson provides a compelling account of the language and literacy practices of...

   Published November 6th 2002 by Routledge
10. Silicon Literacies

    Communication, Innovation and Education in the Electronic Age

    Edited by Ilana Snyder

    Series: Literacies

    Electronic communication is radically altering literacy practices. Silicon Literacies unravels the key features of the new communication order to explore the social, cultural and educational impact of silicon literacy practices.Written by leading international scholars from a range of disciplines,...

    Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge