New Literacies, New Agencies? ─ A Brazilian Perspective on Mindsets, Digital Practices and Tools for Social Action in and Out of School

In this collection of nine essays, scholars and educators in linguistics, education, and communication, all working in Brazilian universities, examine the use of new digital literacies in education in Brazil. The opening essay overviews new literacies in the context of Brazil's historical socio-economic inequality. Other topics considered include self and social structure in a post-social world, peer-based work and agency in the school computer lab, textual production using Google Docs, and the development of agency in a New Literacies proposal for teacher education in Brazil. Junqueira teaches media studies at the Universidade Federal do Ceara, Brazil. Buzato teaches applied linguistics at the University of Campinas. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Eduardo S. Junqueira holds a PhD in Education from Michigan State University. His advisor was Dr. Anne Haas Dyson. He is now a professor at Universidade Federal do Ceara (The Federal University of Ceara ) in Brazil, where he lectures for both graduate and undergraduate courses on new literacies, New Media Studies and ethnographic research methods.
Marcelo E. K. Buzato holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Campinas where he is also a professor of Applied Linguistics and researcher in the areas of Language, Technology and Society, Technology-enhanced Language Learning and Digital Literacies.
Both organizers have published part of their work in prestigious international journals among which are UNESCO’s International Journal on Multicultural Societies (IJMS), Language and Education and the International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology (IJEDICT).