Literacy in the New Media Age

Gunther Kress

• Paperback | Engels | 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 wri... Lees meer

Situated Language and Learning

James Paul Gee

• Paperback | Engels | 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 ed... Lees meer

Oral Literacies

Sam Duncan

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• This is the first book to focus exclusively on an examination of early 21st-century adult reading aloud. The dominant contemporary image of reading in... Lees meer

Literacy and the Politics of Representation

Mary Hamilton

• Hardcover | Engels | 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 pub... Lees meer

Literacy in the New Media Age

Gunther Kress

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• This important and influential book considers how the Internet, like the printing press in its time, has changed the politics of communication and exp... Lees meer

African American Literacies

Elaine Richardson

• Hardcover | Literacies
• This book addresses the literacy problems of African American students providing educators with an African American centred theory of rhetoric and com... Lees meer

Multiliteracies

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Multiliteracies considers the future of literacy teaching in the context of the rapidly changing English language. Questions are raised about what con... Lees meer

Design Literacies

Mary P Sheridan, Jennifer Rowsell

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Design Literacies: Learning and Innovation in the Digital Age explores new ways of meaning making by examining the practices, stories, and products of... Lees meer

Hiphop Literacies

Elaine Richardson

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Ri... Lees meer

Literacy and the Politics of Representation

Mary Hamilton

• Paperback | Engels | 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 pub... Lees meer

Literacy, Lives and Learning

David Barton, Roz Ivanic, Yvon Appleby

• Paperback | Engels | 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 expl... Lees meer

City Literacies

Eve Gregory, Ann Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in two contrasting areas of London at the end of the 20th ... Lees meer

Situated Literacies

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, w... Lees meer

Oral Literacies

Sam Duncan

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• This is the first book to focus exclusively on an examination of early 21st-century adult reading aloud. The dominant contemporary image of reading in... Lees meer

Situated Literacies

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• This is a varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. It makes a timely and important contribution... Lees meer

Student Writing

Theresa M Lillis

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• Student Writing presents an accessible and thought-provoking study of academic writing practices. Informed by 'composition' research from the US and '... Lees meer

Family Literacies

Rachael Levy, Mel Hall

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• Family Literacies demonstrates, through reference to empirical research, how shared reading practices operate in a wide range of families, with a view... Lees meer

Digital Literacies

Julia Gillen

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• With our increasing use of digital and online media, the way we interact with these forms of communication is having an enormous impact on our literac... Lees meer

Situated Language and Learning

James Paul Gee

• Hardcover | Engels | 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 ed... Lees meer

Family Literacies

Rachael Levy, Mel Hall

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Family Literacies demonstrates, through reference to empirical research, how shared reading practices operate in a wide range of families, with a view... Lees meer

Literacy and Development

Brian V Street

• Hardcover | Engels | Literacies
• The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed to e... Lees meer

Undoing the Digital

Cathy Burnett, Guy Merchant

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Undoing the Digital challenges common ways of understanding digital technology and its relationships to literacy and literacy education. The book expl... Lees meer

Literacy and Development

Brian V Street

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world. The contributors present their in-depth studies of eve... Lees meer

Hiphop Literacies

Elaine Richardson

• Paperback | Engels | Literacies
• Hiphop Literacies is an exploration of the rhetorical, language and literacy practices of African Americans, with a focus on the Hiphop generation. Ri... Lees meer